Tag: illumination

33 records found
JRL SERIES A 918
Fragment of an illuminated frame, probably for a ketubba that was never filled in.
JRL SERIES B 2078
Fragment of an illuminated late marriage document.
T-S Ar.30.97
Bifolium from Mitzrayim, 1790–92 CE, apparently from a ledger of betrothal and marriage contracts. About nine are preserved, complete with names, and trousseau lists, and values of marriage gifts. The currency used is the riyal (ריאליס). There is also a lovely illustration of three birds. ASE.
T-S Ar.40.9
A leaf from Kalīla wa-Dimna, including an illumination of the raven and the rat (but not the tortoise) in the story.
T-S AS 183.324
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. Needs examination. Verso: Elaborate geometrical designs.
T-S Misc.15.69
Printed Haggada in Ladino and Hebrew. One side contains the Hallel with Ladino translation on the side. The other side contains remnants of lovely illuminations of the Israelites in the wilderness, along with Ladino translations of Hebrew text that is now missing. The format is identical to T-S Misc.17.107, except that that one appears to be in Judaeo-Italian and this one in Ladino.
T-S Misc.15.70
Printed Haggada in Ladino and Hebrew. The capitals contain lovely illuminations.
T-S Misc.15.71
Printed Haggada with lovely illuminations.
T-S Misc.17.107
Printed Haggada in Hebrew and Judaeo-Italian. There are lovely illuminations, captioned with lines of poetry. The format is identical to T-S Misc.15.69, except that that one appears to be in Ladino and this in Judaeo-Italian.
T-S NS 266.2
Amulet, kabbalistic, large and colorfully illuminated.
T-S NS 321.105
Small piece of the decorated rim of a document, perhaps a ketubba. "The happy season" and fleurs-de-lis.
T-S NS 324.2
Illustration of two birds and a fruit tree, colored in. Very lovely. On verso there is some writing in childish Hebrew script.
T-S NS 324.3
Literary text in Hebrew with a marvellous marginal illustration of a knight on horseback and a foot soldier, each with bow and arrow, confronting each other.