CreatorHispanic school of illuminators

Place of OriginLisbon or Seville; Portugal or Spain

Date[1400-1498]

DescriptionA rare copy of a Hebrew family Bible that the Inquisition did not burn. It was written and illuminated in the Iberian Peninsula and decorated with micrographic panels of Arabic inspiration, which was fashionable at the time. Also known as Abravanel's Bible from its possible commissioner Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), it was acquired in 1857.

TagsBible. Hebrew; Abravanel, Isaac; Judaica

Dimensions278 x 227

Material/Mediumvellum

Institutional Link to Objecthttp://webopac.sib.uc.pt/search~S17*por?/ccofre+1/ccofre+1/1,5,5,E/l856~b1813600&FF=ccofre+1&1,1,,1,0

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