Giving of the Law from BL Add 26968, f. 145
Summary
Framed marginal illlustration of an angel giving the Tablets of the Law to Moses kneeling on Mount Sinai, at the beginning of the mishnaic tractate ~Pirqei Avot~. The Israelites are waiting at the foot of the mountain. Image taken from f. 145 of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Hebrew manuscripts in the British museum
Tags
Date
1383
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain