Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 19776, f. 170
Summary
Inhabited initial-word panel at the beginning of the grammatical treatise of Yequtiel ben Judah ha-Naqdan, ~Ein ha-Qoreh~ (The Eye of the Reader). The gold initial word, ~Barukh~ (blessed) is surrounded by white foliate decoration, and fighting hybrids and hunting scenes in the frame of the panel . Image taken from f. 170 of Pentateuch (the 'Coburg Pentateuch') with the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), ~Haftarot~, and grammatical treatises. Written in Hebrew.
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Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
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Public Domain