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Fol. 54v:  A dove on the left and a raven are flanking a tree. The caption above reads: “Image of the dove speaking to the raven who is praising her, ‘and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels’ “(Is. 61:10;

צורת היונה מדברת על העורב מהלליה, וככלה תעדה כליה; Loewe 2004, II:449). 

 

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Munich Meshal ha-Kadmoni | Unknown
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Fol. 54v
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Germany | Munich | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB)
| Cod.hebr. 107 (Steinschneider 1895, No. 107)
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For depictions of the same subject in the other 15th-century manuscripts of Meshal ha-Kadmoni see Appendix 1: line 53. For iconographical comparisons see figs. 1-3:

 

     

Fig. 1: Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein Augsburg, 1447

Heidelberg, Univ.Bibl. cpg.314, fol. 10v

(Gronemann 2006, II:fig. 37)  

Fig. 2: Ulrich von Pottenstein, Fables of Cyrillus

Augsburg, 1467

Berlin, SBPK mgf.641, fol. 30v 

(Gronemann 2006, II:fig. 159)  

Fig. 3: Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein Swabia, 1410-1420

Heidelberg, Univ.Bibl. cpg.794, fol. 67

(Gronemann 2006, II:fig. 227)  

 

For the Rothschild Miscellany, see IJA 1982/1/139.

 

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