The illuminator Joseph Ibn Hayyim left his mark with these curious letters:
'I, Joseph Ibn Hayyim, illuminated and completed this book.'

Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.447r

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Parsha Shoftim (שֹׁפְטִים) with these intertwined hybrids & beautiful penwork.

MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.109r

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Parsha Re'eh (רְאֵה)
with this open mouthed creature with blue horns & golden wings.

MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.106r

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Parsha Eikev (עֵקֶב) with a bird standing on one leg.

MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.103v

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Parsh Chukat (חֻקַּת) with this beautiful creature. Shabbat Shalom!

MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.88v

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Let's start the day with a dragon!
🐉🐉🐉🐉
MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v

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United in artistic form: Qur’ān & Hebrew Scriptures

Or 12523C; 13th century; Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, copied probably in Granada, Spain ; f.37r
MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; ff.122r

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Circles before my eyes on !

MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; ff.122r, 122v, 317v, 318r

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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.

MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v

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The 'Kennicott Bible' was completed in La Coruña in NW Spain in 1476CE(5236 since creation).The illuminator Joseph Ibn Hayyim left his mark with these beautiful letters.

MS Kennicott 1; 'Kennicott Bible'; f.447r

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Once again the brilliance of the illuminator Joseph Ibn Hayyim is revealed by how he uses one image to frame the other.

MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; Spain; ff.122r, 122v

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