Xmas. The abbreviation has been in use since the early times of Christianity. The “-mas” part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass, while the “X” comes from […]
illuminated manuscript
"a light unto the nations"
I found an image taken from the Hebrew Cervera Bible. An illuminated manuscript dated c.1299, a designated National Treasure from the National Library of Portugal in Lisbon. This image and caption caught […]
Boccardi Hebrew illuminated manuscript
The Jewish community of Florence flourished in the 15th-century, their position closely linked to the fortunes of the de’ Medici. Lorenzo il magnifico was their protector; he encouraged Jewish scholarship and […]