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Green guy for parsha Ki Teitzei

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Kennicott 1, fol. 111r
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain; July 24, 1476
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
green, perhaps feline, marginal drawing next to the Hebrew text of Parsha Ki Teitzei (Devarim/Deuteronomy 21:10--25:19)
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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And I love that the Kennicott Bible has a little guy marking each of the parashiyot, here are some twisty dudes for Shoftim:

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Kennicott 1, fol. 109r
1476 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
A cropped image of a handwritten two-column bound Torah. Between the columns, two gilded creatures with marmot-like bodies and rabbit-esque heads, braid their long necks together so that their feet are touching and their heads are facing each other. The Hebrew word, parsha, fits in a space between their entwined necks, indicating where the parsha Shoftim (Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) starts on the right column. The gold creatures, outlined in black, are on top of thin red-lined ornamentation, mostly lines running vertically, with some curls at the top and bottom, and more intricate almost-floral patterns around the necks of the creatures.
August 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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First up, the initial for this week's parsha, Shoftim, in the late 13th century CE Rothschild Pentateuch!

Los Angeles, Getty Museum, MS 116, fol. 447
written in 1296, possibly France or Germany
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
Elaborate medieval illumination around three columns of text. The middle column contains the first words of the Torah portion Shoftim (Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9): שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁפְט֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק לֹא The right column contains some commentary, which I haven't attempted to identify, the left column appears to contain Rashi's commentary in the distinct "Rashi script." The first words of the middle and left columns are gold, surrounded by plants and a few animals. There is a light blue tree-like form separating the middle and left columns. In the center column, the gold word, Shoftim, is on a blue field with a orange deer leftward-leaping above, and a pink dragon-like creature with rabbit ears underneath, facing towards the left, chewing on the blue tree-like form between the columns. The pink rabbit-dragon faces a blue dog-like creature, whose right-ward pointing nose rests against the blue tree-thing. Above the initial words is a sort of battle scene. A pink bear-like being swings a club or very long spoon above their head, riding a blue horse towards the right to attack a club wielding humanish looking being, who seems to be only wearing a loin-cloth, riding a goat towards the left. At the bottom of the page, a left-facing orange and blue dragon with a tail ending in a camel-like head, bites the tail of the blue dog which hangs down from the center left of the page
August 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM