Decorated initial-word panels: ~ilu~, ~dayyenu~, and ~al~, at the last section of ~Dayyenu~ (It would have been enough), a thanksgiving hymn for Passover. Image taken from f. 19v of Haggadah for Passover (the ' More
Initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 50 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels, the upper one is with gold and silver letters and with foliate on the top. Image taken from f. 38v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Detail: two decorated initial-word panels with a border in the outer margin. Image taken from f. 9v of Biblical readings and liturgical poems for Passover. Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 22v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels in foliate frame. The upper one is ~Shefokh~ (pour out), at the introductory passage for the second part of the Hallel: 'Pour out your wrath' (Psalm 79:6); the lower one is ~Lo~ (n More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters and pen-flourishing. In the lower miniature, there is a human-headed, dragon-bodied hybrid staring upwards. Image taken from f. 41 of Haggadah for Pass More
Initial-word panels with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 25 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 61 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Three initial-word panels with white vine motifs and foliate decoration, at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (litugrical poem) for Passover. Image taken from f. 27v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems f More
Five decorated initial word panels with gold letters and foliate spreading to the inner margin. Image taken from f. 12 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Wri More
Two decorated initial-word panels in a foliate frames. Image taken from f. 11 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Five decorated initial-word panels with gold letters and white vine motifs. Image taken from f. 12v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with gold letters, white vine motifs and foliate decoration, at the beginning and within Psalm 116. Image taken from f. 20v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the More
Initial-word panels decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 67v of Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manusc More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters, foliate and pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 46v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters and pen-flourishing, in Psalm 118, in the Hallel. Image taken from f. 62v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels, ~YYY~ (an abbrevation of the Divine Name, Psalm 115:12) and ~Ahavti~ (I love, Psalm 116), in the second part of the Hallel. Image taken from f. 27v of Haggadah for Passover (the ' More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold letters: The first initial-word panel, ~Shefokh~ (pour out) is the beginning of the introductory sentence to the second part of the Hallel. Image taken from f. 57 of Hagg More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters and penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 34 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels at the customs of Shabbat. Image taken from f. 13v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Two initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the inner and the lower margins. Image taken from f. 19 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother More
Decorated initial-word panels on a text page. Image taken from f. 59v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels in the ~Maggid~. The upper one, ~Hi~ (This) at the paragraph, 'This is what has stood by our fathers and us!', the lower one, ~Tze~ (Go forth) is at the beginning of the paragr More
Decorated initial-word panels on a text page. Image taken from f. 62v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 81v of Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manusc More
Initial words decorated with penwork and accompanied with a partial border of pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 87v of Zohar on Genesis. Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames. Image taken from f. 12 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 73 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Five initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the inner margin. Image taken from f. 13 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Wr More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters, a miniature in the lower margin depicting a lion with foliated tail. Image taken from f. 63 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Fourdecorated initial-word panels with gold letters, white vine and foliate motifs, at the beginning of the five explanations how God brought out the Israelites from Egypt. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah w More
Decorated initial-word panels, ~Mah~ (how, Psalm 116:12) and ~Hallelu~ (praise, Psalm 117), in the second part of the Hallel. Image taken from f. 28v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). More
Two decorated initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate spreading to the inner margin. Image taken from f. 11 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Writ More
Initial-word panels decorated with a floral border inhabited by a putto, a bird and a lion head. Image taken from f. 113v of Pentateuch (the 'Coburg Pentateuch') with the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), ~Haft More
Two decorated initial-word panels, ~Be-yad~ (With a mighty hand) and ~uwi-zeroa~ (And with outstreched arm), at the first and the second of the five explanations how God brought out the Israelites from Egypt. I More
Two decorated initial-word panels: ~Be-otot~ (with signs) and ~Davar aher~ (another explanation), at the five explanations how God brought out the Israelites from Egypt. Image taken from f. 15v of Haggadah for More
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters and pen-flourishing, under the upper panel, a manicula and a torso. Image taken from f. 60 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
A decorated initial ~R~, the abbrevitation of 'rabbi' (Rabbi Yose ha-Galili) and a decorated initial-word panel, in foliate frame. Image taken from f. 17 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah More
Initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing at the second book of the Guide. Image taken from f. 90 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels with foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 89 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 69 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with penwork decoration and marginal drawing of a dragon. Image taken from f. 125v of Commentary on the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.
Two initial-word panels with gold letters, white vine and foliate decoration. The first panel, ~Lefikakh~ is the beginning of the text, 'Thus it is our duty to thank', the moment when the second cup of wine sho More
Decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames, in Psalm 118, in the second part of the Hallel. Image taken from f. 29 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels with gold letters, in colour with a border in the outer margin. On top of the upper initial-word panel, a dog is catching a hare. The border is created by a staff with a white More
Keywords of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Passover, ~lel shimurim~ (The night of the vigils) are included into panels with penwork and foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 30 of Haggadah with commentary More
Two decorated initial-word panels and foliate frame. Image taken from f. 10v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Two decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels with foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels, at the beginning of the Haggadah. Image taken from f. 2 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters, and foliate spreading to the upper margin. Image taken from f. 53 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the section on Hanukkah. Image taken from f. 46v of Pentateuch (the 'Coburg Pentateuch') with the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), ~Hafta More
Two decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames. Image taken from f. 13 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 26v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 83 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the margins, at the beginning of Psalm 118. Image taken from f. 21 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'B More
Two initial-word panels with white vine motif and foliate decoration, at the end of Psalm 118. Image taken from f. 21v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Wri More
Four initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the outer and lower margins. Image taken from f. 14 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Ha More
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 68 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Detail: initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing. The smaller one, ~shnei~ (two) is at the end of ~Hilkhot qinyan~, the chapter on purchase, and the bigger one is at the beginning of ~Hilkhot matanah~ More
Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing. The smaller one, ~shnei~ (two) is at the end of ~Hilkhot qinyan~, the chapter on purchase, and the bigger one is at the beginning of ~Hilkhot matanah~, the ch More
Initial-word panels with pen-flourishing. Image taken from ff. 26v-27 of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with pen-flourishing Image taken from ff. 28v-29 of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels decorated with foliate motifs and floral border, at the beginning of the section on Yom Kippur. Image taken from f. 79 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 2. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 71v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 2. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 140 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 2. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 5v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.
Initial-word panels with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border inhabited by birds and with a coat of arms of fleur-de-lis. Image taken from f. 1v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magn More
Initial-word panels with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 16 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.