The Tree of Life from BL Add 11639, f. 122
Summary
Full-page miniature of the Tree of Life guarded by four angels. Caption in the outer margin: 'This is the Tree of Life and a flaming sword that turned every way' (cf. Gen. 3:24). Image taken from f. 122 of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc. Written in Hebrew.
Tags
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain