Img. ID: 19589
Vol. I, fol. 63a: The word Vayikhu (ויקחו, that they bring) of Parashat Truma (Ex. 25:1 - 27:19) is written above the illustrated panel in gold leaf on a magenta ground, in the middle of the third text column below the explicit (חסלת ואלה המשפטים) and its haftarah (ומפטירין בירמיה הדבר אשר היה אל ירמיהו מאת ה' ..., וגו').
The panel depicts the Israelites' donation towards the construction of the Tabernacle on a deep blue ground, illustrating the biblical text (Ex. 25:1-8) and its commentary (I:63a-63a verso).
Moses, holding a blank scroll in his right hand, with his left hand on his hip, is seated cross-legged on a tall cushioned chair, receiving donations from four Israelites: the first two offer gold boxes, the third a red-topped box and the last red and yellow bundles of thread (Ex. 25:4). They wear silvery pointed Jewish hats, short tunics in green, yellow ochre and magenta with gold cuffs and chlamydes in magenta, green and red. Moses wears a magenta garment with gold cuffs and a long green and blue mantle.
The gold leaf letters were spread out by the scribe to conform to Moses’ scroll in their midst. However, the laying of gold has rendered them illegible.
To the left of the panel, in the outer margin, in faint plummet by a later hand in Hebrew display script: וי (Vay).
| Cod. hebr. 5/I-II (Steinschneider 1895, No. 5)
The composition of this illustration (fig. 1) is similar to that of Joseph meeting his brothers in Egypt (fig. 2). Both are set against a plain background with figures wearing Jewish hats standing on the left, facing a seated authority (see Illumenated Documents of I:39, 44v).
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| Fig. 1: Israelites donation to the Tabernacle, Munich Rashi's Commentary on the Bible, Munich, BSB Cod. hebr. 5, I:63a | Fig. 2: The second meeting of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt Munich Rashi's Commentary on the Bible Munich, BSB Cod. hebr. 5, I:39 |
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| Fig. 3: Augustus giving orders, Evangelistary, Würzburg,, c.1250, Munich, BSB clm 23256, fol. 2 (Munich, BSB) | Fig. 4: Catherine disputing with Philosophers and the Emperor Psalter Würzburg, 1260-65 Munich, BSB clm 3900, fol. 3, upper panel (Klemm 1998, Cat. 197, colour pl. XV) |
The seated rulers resemble those in other Würzburg manuscripts such as the Evangelistary, after 1250 (fig. 3) and the Psalter of c.1260-65 (fig. 4).