Related
'We were slaves' from BL Add 26957, f. 39v
'We were slaves' from BL Add 14761, f. 30v
Confession from BL Add 26957, f. 74v
Deer from BL Add 26896, f. 209v
Hybrids from BL Add 26896, f. 337v
Hybrids from BL Add 26896, f. 367v
Border from BL Add 27695, f. 5v
Seudat mafseqet from BL Add 26968, f. 325v
Sukkah from BL Add 26968, f. 295
'We were slaves' from BL Add 26957, f. 39v
Summary
Textual illustration of ~Avadim hayyinu~ (We were slaves): a man carrying buckets and followed by a dog. Caption in a banderole over the scene: ~Avadim hayyinu~. Below, there is a decorated initial-word panel ~maaseh~ (tale). Image taken from f. 39v of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Hebrew manuscripts in the British museum
Tags
slaves
manuscripts
medieval
hebrew manuscripts
decorated initials
italian rite
prayer book
illuminated initials
medieval manuscript
illustrated books
medieval miniatures
british library
Date
1469
in collections
Source
British Library
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain