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Some interesting artwork in the margins: an ark; two fish and a dragon drawn using micrography; and a design marking the beginning of last week's Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ).
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BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.13r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ) is marked with figure in red and gold.
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BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.15v @[email protected]

The initial-word of Torah Portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ) is decorated with two hybrids,
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.9v @[email protected]

A decorated initial-word panel with a dragon marks the beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ). #ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; Torah, the Five Scrolls and Hafṭarot with masorah & Rashi's commentary;1350 CE-1399 CE; Germany, S.; f.20v @[email protected]

A head and a hare decorate the initial-word panel which marks the beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ).
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BL Add MS 15423; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy; f.7r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ) is marked by this design.

"Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you."
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.22r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ) with this unusual hybrid.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.14v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לךָ) with this unusual hybrid.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.14v @[email protected]

A design in red and gold marks the beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ).
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Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 2; Hebrew Bible; 1306 CE; Soria (Spain); f.17v @[email protected]

Four heads with winding tongues decorate the initial-word panel which marks the beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ).
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BL Add MS 15423; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy; f.4r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) is marked by this floral design.
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.27r @[email protected]

The initial-word of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) is decorated with hybrids.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.7v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) with this strange creature.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) is marked by this beautiful design which looks like a vine planted by Noach after the flood.
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.19v @[email protected]

In Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ), God instructs Noah to build an ark. Here Noah is receiving an olive branch from the dove.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.521r @[email protected]

Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) includes the narrative of the Tower of Babel as depicted here in the 'Golden Haggadah'.
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BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th century; Spain, N.E; f.3r @[email protected]

Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork & border with birds
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BL Add MS 15283, 'Duke of Sussex's Portuguese Pentateuch'; 1475-1499 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.2r @[email protected]

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) as a new cycle of readings begins again.
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BL Or 2696; 14th c; Germany, S; f.3r @[email protected]

Initial-word panel with dragons at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which begins the new cycle of Torah readings.
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Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Torah with Onkelos; 1299 CE; f.1v @[email protected]

Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) tells of the creation of the world, and of Adam and Eve, as depicted here with the serpent in the initial-word panel.
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BL Harley 7621; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Italy, N. E; f.1r @[email protected]

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) in the 'Coburg Pentateuch': #ParashahPictures
BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396 CE; f.1v @[email protected]

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with medallions representing days of creation
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BL Harley MS 5710; 13th century; Italy; f.1r @[email protected]

Initial-word panel of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork and foliate decoration
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.23v @[email protected]

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית)
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BL Add MS 15251; Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible'; 1448-1498 CE; Italy NE (Ferrara); f.13r @[email protected]

The Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) begins the new cycle of readings with gold and penwork.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.9v @[email protected]

The initial-word of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) is surrounded by playful dragons, and a lion.
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BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.5v @[email protected]

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית), with a micrography creature climbing up the margin
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BnF Hébreu 36; Bible. A.T. (hébreu); 1300 CE; Poligny (France); f.1v @[email protected]

A new cycle of Torah readings begins with Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which opens with this initial-word panel inhabited by an eagle, a deer, a lion and four dragons.
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BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; Germany; 14th century; f.1v @[email protected]

A new cycle of Torah readings begins with Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which opens with this initial-word panel inhabited by an eagle, a deer, a lion and four dragons.
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BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; Germany; 14th century; f.1v @[email protected]

The concluding Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה) opens with the words:

"And this is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death."

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BL Or 2696; 14th c; Germany, S; f.419r @[email protected]

In the concluding Torah portion, V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה), Moses climbs Mount Nebo & is shown the Promised Land by God. Moses then died & was buried by God in a place no one knew.
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BL Add MS 15423; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy; f.142v @[email protected]

A peacock marks the initial-word of Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה) which concludes the cycle of readings before it begins again.
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BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France,N; f.112v @[email protected]

Duck or rabbit creature in the initial-word panel which marks the beginning of Torah portion Vayelech (וַיֵּלֶךְ). #ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; Torah, Five Scrolls & Hafṭarot with masorah & Rashi's commentary; 14th c; Germany, S; f.411r @[email protected]

Looking up at the bird around the initial-word of Torah Portion Vayelech (וַיֵּלֶךְ)
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BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.111r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Nitzavim (נִצָּבִים) with this creature.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.115v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Ki Teitsei (כִּי-תֵצֵא) with a green creature and fine red penwork.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.111r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Va'etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן) is marked by a red-tongued hybrid and a flower.
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.102v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Va'etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן) with a camel.
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.101r @[email protected]

In Torah portion Devarim (דְּבָרִים) Moses reviews the events which had happened and the laws which were given during the forty years in the wilderness.
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BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; 14th century; Germany; f.238r @[email protected]

A head eating a fish decorates the initial-word which marks the beginning of Torah portion Matot (מַּטּוֹת).
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BL Add MS 15423; Torah; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Central Italy (Florence); f.111v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Matot (מַּטּוֹת) with a bear in the margin.
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.95r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Pinchas (פִּינְחָס) with this image of Pinchas holding a javelin and shield.
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.92r @[email protected]

The beginning of Torah portion Balak (בָּלָק) is marked by this design.
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.92v @[email protected]

In Torah portion Chukat (חֻקַּת), God tells Moses:

"Make yourself a serpent and put it on a pole, and let whoever is bitten look at it and live."

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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.742v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Chukat (חֻקַּת), which tells of the laws of the red heifer, with this beautiful beast.
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Bodleian Library Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.88v @[email protected]

In the Torah portion Korach (קֹרַח), Aaron's staff blossoms to prove he is high priest by divine ordination: "These are the twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods." #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 11639; 'Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.519v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Korach (קֹרַח) with a centaur holding a shield and club. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.86v @[email protected]

Two small creatures inhabit the initial-word panel of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח). Can you see them? #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; Torah with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.288v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח) with this angry spotted dragon. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Beha'alotecha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) with this strange creature. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.82r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Naso (נָשֹׂא) with a hybrid of golden body and red wings. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.79r @[email protected]

Torah Portion Bamidbar (בְּמִדְבַּר) begins with exquisite penwork decoration and foliate scrolls in the 'Lisbon Bible'. #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1482 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.117r @[email protected]

Micrographical dragons surround the beginning of Torah portion Bamidbar (בְּמִדְבַּר) in the 'Yonah Pentateuch'. #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 21160; 1250-1299 CE; the 'Yonah Pentateuch'; Germany; f.184r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Bechukotai (בְּחֻקֹּתַי) with a bear being startled. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.74v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Behar (בְּהַר) with a bear with its nose in a jar of honey. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.73v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Emor (אֱמֹר) with a very anxious looking dragon. #ParashahPictures Bodleian library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.71v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Metzora ( מְּצֹרָע) with a dragon falling from the sky. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.67r @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Tazria (תַזְרִיעַ) with a dog chasing its own 'golden' tail. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.65v @[email protected]

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Shemini (שְּׁמִינִי) with this lion with a gentle face. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.64r @[email protected]

This intricate design marks the beginning of Torah portion Tzav (צַו). #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.66v @[email protected]