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The Bible (Old Testament)

THE BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)

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THE JEWISH MUSEUM NEW YORK

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Synagogue scene: The beginning of the 'Hallel' (Psalm 113). Vellum manuscript from the Barcelona Haggadah. Catalonia; 14th century. Shelfmark: Add. 14761 Page Folio Number: f.65v
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Synagogue scene: The beginning of the 'Hallel' (Psalm 113). Vellum manuscript fr...

Havdalah ceremony (concludes the Shabbat). Vellum manuscript from the Barcelona Haggadah. Catalonia; 14th century. Shelfmark: Add. 14761 Page Folio Number: f.26
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Havdalah ceremony (concludes the Shabbat). Vellum manuscript from the Barcelona...

Detail from a folio showing the giving of Matzoh (unleavened bread) and Charoset (sweet, dark brown, lumpy paste served during the Passover Seder) to the children. Vellum manuscript. From "The Golden Haggadah". Catalonia; early 14th century. Shelfmark: Add. 27210 Page Folio Number: f.15v
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Detail from a folio showing the giving of Matzoh (unleavened bread) and Charoset...

Pharaoh commands the Israelites to leave Egypt; the plague of the first born; the passage of the Red Sea; the pursuit by the Egyptians. Vellum manuscript. Vellum manuscript. From "The Golden Haggadah". Catalonia; early 14th century. Shelfmark: Add. 27210 Page Folio Number: f.14v
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Pharaoh commands the Israelites to leave Egypt; the plague of the first born; th...

The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass of the Virgin, Book of Hours illustrated by Gerard Horenbout. S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500. Shelfmark: Add. 35313 Page Folio Number: f.34
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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass...

The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In foreground, stonemasons working with their tools. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legends. France, Paris; 1414-1423. Shelfmark: Add. 18850 Page Folio Number: f.17v
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The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised...

Debarking from Noah's Ark and the drunkenness of Noah. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legend. France, Paris; 1414-1423.
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Debarking from Noah's Ark and the drunkenness of Noah. From the Bedford Hours il...

David with the head of Goliath. Book of hours. Illuminated manuscript; Serristori, Italy; 15th century.
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David with the head of Goliath. Book of hours. Illuminated manuscript; Serristo...

Office for the Dead at Matins. Job, his wife and comforters; beginning of Psalm 94 with decorated initial 'V'. Set within an architectural framework. From a Book of Hours. France; 16th century. Shelfmark: Add. 35315 Page Folio Number: f.66v
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Office for the Dead at Matins. Job, his wife and comforters; beginning of Psalm...

The Story of Moses. From the outer wall of the church in Sucevita, Romania.
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The Story of Moses. From the outer wall of the church in Sucevita, Romania.

Moses draws water from a rock and the miracle of manna. 1480-90.
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Moses draws water from a rock and the miracle of manna. 1480-90.

Performers wearing masks of Jews with exaggerated noses, Commedia dell'arte scene. From "Il carnevale italiano mascherato" by Francesco Bertelli; Venecia, 1642.
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Performers wearing masks of Jews with exaggerated noses, Commedia dell'arte scen...