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Ennius
@enniusredloeb.bsky.social
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Independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
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The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is separated from the end of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) with a box of red and gold.
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BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social
Indeed worth a Nobel Prize for promoting (aeternal) Peace..
#NobelPrize #DonaldTrump #WarLord #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmall #Maga
January 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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In Torah Portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת ) the divine name is revealed to Moses.
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BL King's 1; the 'King's Bible'; Spain, N. E.(Solsona); 14th century (with later additions); f.2r
January 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social
German health associations have warned that rising anti-Syrian rhetoric risks worsening staff shortages in hospitals, clinics and care homes. Syrians are the largest group of foreign doctors in Germany, with 16% coming from the war-ravaged country www.ft.com/content/fed0... #Seehofer #CSU #CDU
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'The Kennicott Bible' is surrounded by this design in gold with blue penwork.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.36r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is indicated by this initial-word panel with exquisite penwork decoration and two entwined dragons.
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BnF Hébreu 36; Bible. A.T. (hébreu); 1300 CE; Poligny (France); f.71v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Initial-word panel of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) with gold letters and white vine scrolls
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.104v
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) has a beautiful partial foliate border.
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BL Add MS 15423; Torah; 1441-1467 CE; Italy, Central (Florence); f.35v
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Initial-word panel decorated with penwork at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת)
#ParashahPictures
BL Harley MS 5710; Bible, vol. 1.; 1275 CE-1299 CE; Italy (Rome or Bologna); f.34v
January 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Micrography marks the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'Harley Catalan Bible'.
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BL Harley MS 1528; The 'Harley Catalan Bible'; c.1350 CE; Spain, NE (Catalonia); f.36v
January 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Initial-word with penwork and full floral border at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת)
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BL Add MS 27167; the 'Almanzi Pentateuch' with Hafṭarot and Five Scrolls; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.86r
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'Lisbon Bible' begins with this word panel with exquisite penwork decoration. #ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; 'Lisbon Bible'; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.61v
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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The Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) begins a new book of the Torah as is clearly marked.
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BnF Hébreu 29; 15th century; f.43r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
All that for three sentences and three footnotes...but the record has been corrected for posterity!
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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An elegant initial-word panel begins Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת).
#ParashahPictures
BL Add MS 15251; Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible'; 1448-1498 CE; Italy NE (Ferrara); f.41v
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Initial-word panel inhabited by dragons, with a hybrid below, at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) #ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Torah with Onkelos; 1299 CE; f.54(ii)r
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) with penwork decoration and full foliate border
#ParashahPictures
BL Add MS 15283; Torah, Hafṭarot and Five Scrolls; 15th century; Portugal (Lisbon); f.48v
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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The initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is inhabited by dragons, birds, hybrids, and faces.
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BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; 13th century; Germany; f.63v
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Here a strange hybrid with one head & two bodies hovers over the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת).
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BL Add 26878; Torah with Targum Onkelos & Rashi's commentary; France; 14th century; f.50v
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Initial-word panel surrounded by a floral border inhabited by birds at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת)
#ParashahPictures
BL Harley 7621; Torah with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Italy, N. E; f.76v
January 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) together with some micrography #ParashahPictures
BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; 1390 CE-1396 CE; Germany, Central (Coburg); f.28v
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Two dragons inhabit the initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת).
#ParashahPictures
BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; f.28v
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת)
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; 14th century; Germany; f.75v
January 4, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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In Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) Moses encounters the presence of God in the burning bush. Just look at the dog! #ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th century; Spain, N.E.; f.10v
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
Got it! With MAJOR thanks to @benpohl.bsky.social and others. The original reference is to JL 4366, in H. Bresslau's Papyrus und Pergament in der päpstlichen Kanzlei bis zur Mitte des 11. Jahrh. published in 1888. BUT he clearly states that the original document is lost! 🧵
lisafdavis.bsky.social Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 1d
I am on the trail of my very own manuscript studies chortlemuffin (™️Drimmer). Everyone says that the last dated papal bull on papyrus was issued in 1057 but I cannot find a shelfmark or incipit or image or any supporting evidence for this statement. I will get to the bottom of it, I assure you.
sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Oct 1
The citation chain usually works like this:
-supposition stated as fact

-supposition with reference to reputable book from c.1930s

-reputable book from c.1930s with reference to Sir Edward Chortlemuffin, 1782

- Sir Edward Chortlemuffin, "here's an idea I'll fart out," 1782
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January 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM