Saturday, December 28, 2013

Recent acquisition: 15th-century illuminated Bible




















An example of manuscript illumination and the very first translation of the Hebrew Bible and glosses into Castilian. 1,046 pages containing the first translation of the Hebrew bible into Castilian by Rabbi Moses Arragel at the behest of Don Luis de Guzmán, Knight of the Order of Calatrava. Executed in Maqueda, Spain from 1422 to 1430. Six are known to exist.