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Always good to revisit the classics & old friends!
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1; ff.80r, 82r @BLMedieval
Circles before my eyes on #SundayMorning !
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MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; ff.122r, 122v, 317v, 318r @BDLSS #KennicottBible
Joseph Ibn Hayyim has created an angry spotty dragon to mark Shlach (שְׁלַח-לְךָ), this week's parsha in which men are sent to spy out the the land of Canaan.
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MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v @BDLSS #KennicottBible
Two musicians, a juggler, & a man with bells representing musical modes.
Harley 4951; Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse; France, S. (Toulouse); last quarter of the 11th century or 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff.295v, 297v, 298v, 299v @BLMedieval
Summon the birds! 😱😳
Additional 17333; the 'Val-Dieu' Apocalypse in parallel Latin and French; France, N. W. (Normandy); c.1320-1330; f.35r @BLMedieval
Sweet dreams are made of this: the Song of the Siren 😴😱
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764; Bestiary; 13th century; England; f.74v @BDLSS
Harley 4751; Bestiary; England; 13th century; f.47v @BLMedieval
Once again the brilliance of the illuminator Joseph Ibn Hayyim is revealed by how he uses one image to frame the other.
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MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; Spain; ff.122r, 122v @BDLSS #KennicottBible
The earth is a globe! 🌏🌎🌍😀
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BnF NAL 3145; Horae Johannae reginae Navarrae; 1330-1340;
f.11r @GallicaBnF
Highly intricately wrought historiated 'F'(uit) at the beginning of from the first book of Kings (1 Samuel).
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Harley MS 2798; c1172; Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi); Germany, NW (Arnstein); f.102v @BLMedieval
Two depictions of Samson slaying the lion!
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Or 2737; 1275-1324, Haggadah for Passover according to the Spanish rite (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'); Spain; f.35v
Add MS 11639; 1277-1324; 'The Northern French Miscellany;
f.520r @BL_HebrewMSS @BLMedieval