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Fol. 57v: The enthroned king is receiving his two young scribes who are introducing the youth ofZion.
The king is crowned and wearing a long garment; the scribes wear short tunics and the youth's is in magenta. The caption above reads:”Image of the king and his scribes the councillors, speaking in the man’s ear (צורת המלך ועבדיו הסופרים, באזני האיש מדברים; Loewe 2004, II:469).
For depictions of the same subject in the other 15th-century manuscripts of Meshal ha-Kadmoni see Appendix 1: line 56. For iconographical comparisons see figs. 1-2:
Fig. 1: Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein Bamberg, 1461 Wolfenbüttel, HAB 16.1 Eth 20, p. 33 (Gronemann 2006, II:fig. 28) |
Fig. 2: The Seven Sages of Rome Upper Rhine, c. 1465 Karlsruhe, BLB Cod.145, fol. 14 (Gronemann 2006, II:fig. 175) |
For depiction of the same subject in the Rothschild Miscellany, see IJA 1982/1/142.