Inhabited border from BL Harley 5698, f. 11v
Detail of a foliate border inhabited by animals and birds. Image taken from f. 11v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscript... More
Colophon from BL Harley 5699, f. 434v
Colophon of the scribe incorporated into a panel decorated with gold and penwork with a full foliate border inhabited by birds. Image taken from f. 434v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2. Written in Hebrew. Th... More
Inhabited border from BL Harley 5699, f. 189v
Detail of a foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 189v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection o... More
Inhabited border from BL Harley 5698, f. 11v
Detail of a page: full foliate border in the margins inhabited by a lion, a peacock, a bird, and a dragon. Image taken from f. 11v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More
Introduction of the Mishneh Torah from BL Harley 5698, f. 12
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins. Image taken from f. 12 of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers t... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, foliate full border inhabited by birds in the margins, at the beginning of ~Sefer ha-Mada~. Image taken from f. 31v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1... More
The Book of Ritual Purity from BL Harley 5699, f. 189v
Decorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the tenth book, the Book of Ritual Purity (~Sefer Tohorah~) with a full foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin.... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, foliate full border in the margins, at the beginning of ~Sefer Nasim~. Image taken from f. 197v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew.... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins. Image taken from f. 11v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers ... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Harley 5698, f. 13v
Detail of a page: initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah. Image taken from f. 13v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in He... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, foliate full border in the margins and between the two text column, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah. The full border is unf... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, foliate full border inhabited by a rabbit in the margins, at the beginning of ~Sefer Zemanim~. Image taken from f. 106v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volu... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, foliate full border in the margins, at the beginning of ~Sefer Ahavah~. Image taken from f. 63v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Written in Hebrew.... More
Decorated initial-word panel with full border from BL Harley 5698, f. ...
Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, foliate full border in the margins inhabited by birds, at the beginning of ~Sefer Qedushah~. Image taken from f. 252v of Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume... More
The Book of Civil Law from BL Harley 5699, f. 355v
Decorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the thirteenth book, the Book of Civil Law (~Sefer Mishpatim~) with a full foliate border inhabited by birds. Image taken from f. 355v of ... More
Introduction of the Mishneh Torah from BL Harley 5698, ff. 11v-12
Opening with decorated initial-word panels: on f. 11v, two citations from Deuteronomy (Deut. 1:5 and 4:44), on f. 12, the beginning of Maimonides' introduction to his Mishneh Torah with a full foliate border i... More