Giving of the Law from BL Add 26968, f. 145

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Giving of the Law from BL Add 26968, f. 145

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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

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1383
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British Library
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