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Title

Sefer Mitsvot Qatan, and other works

Authors

• Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil (http://viaf.org/viaf/4009920)
• Perez ben Elijah, of Corbeil, -approximately 1295 (http://viaf.org/viaf/70348690)
• Dueren, Isaac ben Meir, active 13th century (http://viaf.org/viaf/294203158)

Other related names

• Eliezer ben Yequtiel, former owner
• Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/9985420)

Call number

Hebrew MS 31
(Manchester, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Library, Hebrew Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• Former: Crawford MS 31

Publisher

University of Manchester Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Place

Netherlands

Summary

This illuminated Ashkenazi manuscript was possibly produced in the Duchy of Brabant around 1346. The main text is The Gates of Exile, also known as the Small Book of Commandments, of Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil, a thirteenth-century compendium of halakhah in which the legal material is enlivened by homilies, parables and stories. The glosses that Isaac's pupil, Perez ben Elijah, supplied for the work are recorded in the manuscript in a smaller script. It is followed by The Gates of Düren of Isaac ben Meir of Düren, dealing with the dietary laws (kashrut). A certain Berachiah ben Samuel copied the texts for Eliezer ben Yequtiel.

Notes

• An index to the Small Book of Commandments is found on folios 105b-107b, listing 331 sections; The Small Book of Commandments is an abridgement of Moses of Coucy's Large Book of Commandments (Sefer mitsvot gadol); the sections are visibly numbered 5(ה) - 333 (של"ג) on folios 2a-104a; the last section begins with the words שלא לבא על אשת אביו.; additional section דיני מקוה ("The Rules of the Ritual Bath"), which also belongs to the Small Book of Commandments, starts on folio 105a after the colophon followed by a blank page; written in a smaller script, Perez of Corbeil's Glosses are found scattered throughout the Small Book of Commandments; Hebrew marginal notes including corrections in different hands on folios 3a, 6b-7a, 10a, 14b-15b, 17a, 19b-20a, 22a, 27a, 32a, 50b-51a, 53a, 54b, 55b, 56b-58a, 60a-b, 66a, 67b, 68b-69a, 70b-71a, 83a, 86a, 92b, 95a, 105b-106b, 109b, etc.; interlinear notes on folio 15b; Latin marginal note at the top of folio 39a
   
• Ashkenazi semi-cursive script on folio 108a
   

Extent

Ii+119+ii; 242 x 173 mm

Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, Arabic numerals, top outer corner of side a of each folio

Collation

1-8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (10), 11-13 (8), 14 (14), 15 (1, +1)

Support

Parchment

Binding

Brown leather binding, with gold-tooled floral border design on front and back boards; gold-tooled flowers and ספר [...] on spine; coloured fore, top and bottom edges to produced a marbled effect; sewn on six raised cords

Layout

Three columns with 40 written lines (except for folios 42b, 45b, 117b-119a); ink ruling on folios 71-80; lead pencil ruling in the rest of the codex; prickings visible on folios 71-79

Decoration

The decoration was executed by three different hands: Hand A: Six full-page frontispieces at the main divisions (folios 1a, 7b, 32a, 52b, 87b, 109a); all initial words that are rubricated and surrounded by violet pen-drawn filigree panels; pen-drawn scrolls issuing from the filigree; panels are prolongated in the margins, ending in anthropomorphic hybrids and marginal illustrations of animal fables; Hand B: The painted frontispiece on folio 77b; the filigree ornaments and marginal figures on folios 71a-79a and 112b; Hand C: a later (German Ashkenazi) hand has added some colors to a few extant marginal pen-drawings and the text illustrations on folio 105a

Script

Ashkenazi square script

Ashkenazi semi-cursive

Colophon

Colophon to Sefer Mitsvot Qatan on f.104a

Provenance

• Acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall, and later bequeathed to the John Rylands Library
   

Subjects topical

• Jewish law
• Commandments (Judaism)
• Records (Documents)

Keywords

• 14th century
• Ashkenazi
• Jewish
• Illumination
• Grotesques
• Biblical
• Legal
• Halakhah
• Netherlands

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Table of contents

• 1a — Sefer Mitsvot Qatan, or Small Books of Commandments, by Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil [ff.1a-107b]. This text has altenative titles, 'Ammude ha-golah, Pillars of the Exile, and עמודי הגולה. The named scribe is Berachiah ben Samuel, and the patron was Eliezer ben Yequtiel. Also, Haggahot al Sefer Mitsvot Qatan, or Glosses on the Small Books of Commandments, by Perez of Corbeil.
• 104a — אני ברכיה הסופר בר שמואל/ כתבתי הספר הזה לר׳אליעזר / בר יקותיאל : Colophon
• 105a — The Rules of the Ritual Bath. An additional section which belongs to the Small Book of Commandments.
• 105b — Index to the Small Book of Commandments [ff.105b-107b].
• 107b — Template for a (remarriage?) contract (partially in Aramaic).
• 108a — Templates for a Levirate marriage contract and a contract for remarrying the divorced.
• 109a — Sha'arei Dura, or The Gates of Düren, by Isaac ben Meir of Düren [ff.109a-119a].

Decorations

• 1a — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-words לידע on a blue painted panel with white branches and white and yellow flowers growing from a gilded vase. A monkey sits on the left and a hare on the right. The panel is divided by four gilded pillars; from each pillar grows a tree. Above the pillar are gothic style arches; the middle arch has a green leaf. The text of the page is enframed. The frame has painted pink, blue, green and gilded compartments. Out of the frame grow a branch with leaves (left centre, left corner and bottom centre), acorns (right corner) and a branch with leaves on which sits a bird (right centre). In the left margin stands a male figure. On the bottom of the frame sit a dragon spitting fire and a dog with one paw lifted. The text space has three initial-words decorated with penwork.
• 1b — One initial-word in green with blue penwork. The penwork shows three figures: two animal heads (top and right bottom) and a male bearded head (bottom left).
• 2a — Four initial-words in red decorate with violet penwork. Four dragon heads in violet penwork and one female figure with a headdress.
• 2b — A dog hunting a hare, executed in violet penwork.
• 3a — Top and bottom: large fish in violet penwork and several leaf-motifs. Three initial-words in red with a panel of violet penwork.
• 3b — Hunter shooting an arrow at a squirrel, in violet penwork.
• 4a — Dog hunting a hare, in violet penwork.
• 4b — A dragon in violet penwork, his tail ending in a branch with a leaf.
• 5a — Grotesque figures in violet penwork: two male faces, one wearing a medieval hat. A face en profil and a dressed animal. Initial-word in red with violet penwork decoration.
• 5b — Grotesque figures in violet penwork: head of woman wearing a headdress, four human faces, bird, two dragon heads. Six initial-words in red with violet penwork decoration.
• 6a — Three grotesque dragon heads in violet penwork. Four initial-words in red with violet penwork decoration.
• 6b — Several animal figures in violet penwork: fox and dragon (bottom), a hare (right), human face (top). Eight initial-words in red with violet penwork decoration. Four of the penwork initial-word panels are decorated with a human face en profil.
• 7a — Grotesques in violet penwork: woman with a headdress (bottom), two dragon heads (top). One initial-word in red with violet penwork decoration.
• 7b — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-words לאבד ע''ז on a painted panel consisting of four compartments: two blue squares with white lozenges, two pink squares with white squares. The panel has a gilded frame with gilded studs on top. The text of the page is enframed by a frame consisting of several compartments with alternating colours: gilded, pink and blue. Painted decorations on the frame: dragon (top left), floral motifs (centre left), dog (bottom left), bird on branch (bottom centre), hare (bottom right), bird on branch (centre of right margin), dragon (top). The text has several initial-words in red with violet penwork decoration; one human face.
• 8a — Three human faces in violet penwork: woman with headdress (bottom), two men with medieval hats (top). On the internal margin a hare on a hill with foliage. Four initial-words in red with violet penwork decoration.
• 8b — Several grotesques in violet penwork: male head with foliage (bottom left), dressed animal (bottom right), head of woman with headdress (top right), dragon head (top left), two human faces en profil (centre). Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 9a — Several grotesques in violet penwork: head of woman with headdress (bottom left), bald male head (bottom right), dragon head (top right), fish (top left). Four red initial-word with decorated panels of violet penwork, two human faces en profil.
• 9b — Grotesques in violet penwork: two lionesque figures (bottom), two dragon heads (top). Seven red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 10a — Figures and grotesques in violet penwork: male head with headdress and male bearded head (bottom), long fish (centre), one dragon head, one head of a hare and bird with flowers (top). Nine red initial-words decorated with violet penwork.
• 10b — Grotesques in violet penwork: bishop and animal head (bottom), long fish (centre right), goat and male bearded head (top). Eight red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 11a — Dog hunting a hare in violet penwork.
• 11b — Bearded man and dragon (bottom); head of man wearing medieval hat in violet penwork. One red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 12a — Animal head (bottom); bird on leaf (right); dragon head (top) in violet penwork. Seven red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 12b — Two birds sitting on foliage in violet penwork.
• 13a — Dragon head (left); foliage (bottom) in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 13b — Three dragon heads; a fish; foliage in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration, one human face en profil.
• 14a — Dog looking at hare in violet penwork with words.
• 14b — Grotesque figure in violet penwork: birdlike creature with feathers and very long neck, wearing a medieval hat. Its tail ends in a grotesque face.
• 15a — Fish, dragon head (bottom) and leaf (top) in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 15b — Lion in violet penwork.
• 16a — Lion in violet penwork.
• 16b — Animal grotesque, human face and foliage in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 17a — Dragon in violet penwork; his tail ends in a branch with leaves.
• 17b — Human head with medieval hat (bottom); dragon head (top) in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 18a — Dragon in violet penwork; his tail ends in a branch with leaves.
• 18b — Three dragon heads and a human face in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 19a — Three dragon heads in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 19b — Small dragon in violet penwork; his tail ends in a branch with leaves.
• 20a — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork.
• 20b — Peacock in violet penwork, very roughly coloured in with green paint.
• 21a — Three dragon heads and a human face in violet penwork. Seven red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 21b — Two dragon heads, human winged face and fish with foliage in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 22a — Dragon head with foliage; male face with medieval hat; bearded male face in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 22b — Dragon in violet penwork.
• 23a — Two birds sitting on foliage in violet penwork.
• 23b — Running dog in violet penwork ; the hare he hunts is depicted on the opposite page.
• 24a — Running hare in violet penwork; the dog he is hunted by is depicted on the opposite page.
• 24b — Three-headed dragon in violet penwork with foliage.
• 25b — A winged human face; a dragon head; a human face en profil in violet penwork. Three red initial-letters with violet penwork decoration.
• 26a — Hare hunt in violet penwork: hunter (far left) blows a horn, dog (centre) runs after the hare (right), tree.
• 26b — Dragon head; foliage; head of a man wearing a medieval hat in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 27a — Two two-headed dragons with foliage in violet penwork; the tails with their extra heads are intertwined.
• 27b — Several grotesques in violet penwork, clockwise from top left: woman's head wearing headdress; male head; bird sitting on plant; dragon head. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 28a — Two grotesques in violet penwork: a male figure shooting an arrow (bottom); head of a woman wearing a headdress (top). Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 28b — Two dragon heads (bottom and top right); pointing male figure (bottom left) in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 29a — Reading female figure with headdress (bottom), possibly male figure with tallit; dragon head (top) in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 29b — Two dragon heads (bottom); centaur piercing a dragon head with a lance (top), human face en profil in violet penwork. Eight red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 30a — Male head wearing chaperon (bottom); bearded male head with long ears (top) in violet penwork. Four red-initial words with violet penwork decorations; several en profile faces.
• 30b — Several grotesques in violet penwork: male head, mouse head and dog head (bottom); two dragon heads and an animal head (top). Eleven red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 31a — Several grotesques in violet penwork: two dragon heads (bottom and top left); long-beaked bird head (top right); three en profile male heads (right). Nine red initial-words decorated with violet penwork; several en profile faces.
• 31b — Four dragon heads with foliage in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 32a — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-word לעשות on a painted panel consisting of four compartments: two pink squares; one with a dragon and one with small squares; two blue squares; one with a dragon and one with small squares. The panel has a gilded frame with gilded buds growing from its top. The painted frame at the left and bottom of the text consists of blue, pink and gilded compartments. Several painted figures are depicted. Left: a dragon, a bird, foliage. Bottom: a dog running, a man beating a drum. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 33a — Three violet penwork figures: bird on a branch (left); a small dragon biting its own body (bottom) and a bird with a nest and two baby birds (right).
• 33b — Three dragon heads, one human face of violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork.
• 34a — Male head, dragon and male head wearing a chaperon in violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork.
• 34b — Dragon head; head of a woman wearing a headdress in violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork.
• 35a — Figure playing a bagpipe (bottom); fish (top) of violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork; human face en profil.
• 35b — Several grotesques in violet penwork. Bottom: dog head; male winged head; bird on a leaf. Top and right: three dragon heads. Five red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 36a — Four dragon heads; a hog head; a dog head in violet penwork. Six red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 36b — Two grotesque animal heads, one dragon head, one male head. Six red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several faces en profil.
• 37a — Four human faces in violet penwork: two ladies wearing a headdress (bottom); two men, one wearing a medieval hat (top). Small animal head on the internal margin. Seven red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 37b — Two violet penwork figures: bird sitting on a branch (top); man killing a bird with a sling (bottom).
• 38a — Bottom: woman with cap, armed figure with helmet; top: woman, bearded face in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 38b — Female centaur with headdress playing a citer, in violet penwork.
• 39a — Female centaur with headdress in violet penwork.
• 39b — Griffin with a male head wears a medieval hat, in violet penwork.
• 40a — Male figure with two cups (bottom); male figure with headdress and food (?) in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 40b — Several figures in violet penwork: centaur beating a drum (bottom); bird with foliage (right and left); two figures fighting each other, the right figure has a falchion as weapon and the left figure a rapier (top).
• 41a — A male figure with a cap and two birds with foliage, in violet penwork.
• 41b — Two birds with foliage; two-headed dragon; male head with medieval hat in violet penwork.
• 42a — Dragon; dressed animal; male head hearing a chaperon; foliage in violet penwork.
• 42b — Two-headed dragon with human faces and foliage in violet penwork.
• 43a — Owl sitting in a tree; dog hunting a hare in violet penwork.
• 43b — Owl sitting in a tree; dog digging out a hole; griffin with a male face wearing a medieval hat in violet penwork.
• 44a — Three dragon heads, two wearing headdresses in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 44b — Two birds with foliage in violet penwork.
• 45a — Two dragons connected by a human head in violet penwork.
• 45b — Two dragon heads; one animal head in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 46a — Three dragon heads, two male figures (one bald and one bearded) in violet penwork. Four red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 46b — Head of a woman with headdress; bird in nest; animal head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 47a — Two-headed dragon (bottom) and small dragon (top) in violet penwork.
• 47b — Four dragon heads in violet penwork. One red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 48a — Animal with female face wearing a headdress (left); dragon (right); animal with foliage (top) in violet penwork.
• 48b — Dragon with three heads in violet penwork; one head bites in the body.
• 49a — Three dragon heads; one dog head in red penwork. Two black initial-words with red penwork decoration.
• 49b — Long-beaked bird wearing a chaperon; dragon with a human face wearing a medieval hat in violet penwork. The figures are roughly coloured in with green paint.
• 50a — Dragon in violet penwork, its body coloured green.
• 50b — Two-headed dragon with foliage in violet penwork.
• 51a — Two dog heads with a bone in their mouths; a hare eating foliage in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 51b — Two two-headed dragons with foliage, in violet penwork; the tails with their extra heads are intertwined.
• 52a — A dog hunting a hare in violet penwork.
• 52b — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-word לשחוט on a painted panel consisting of four compartments: two pink and two blue, all compartments with small white squares. It has a gilded frame. The painted frame surrounding the text consists of gilded, blue and pink compartments. Several painted figures are depicted: twice a dog with foliage (bottom and top); twice a hare (bottom and top) and a bird (right). Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 53b — Two dragon heads; long-beaked bird eating a fish; a dog head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 54a — Three dragon heads, one wearing a female headdress, in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 54b — Dressed bird figure; goat head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 55a — Two dragon heads in red penwork; human head in violet penwork. One red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; one black initial-word with red penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 55b — Two-headed dragon with foliage and a bird in violet penwork. The bird has a little red colour in its head.
• 56a — Dragon; its tail ending in a bird head wearing a cap; foliage with a bird in violet penwork.
• 56b — Head of woman with headdress and a bit of clothing; dragon head; head of woman with headdress of violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 57a — Hare and bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 57b — Three-headed dragon in violet penwork.
• 58a — Lion with a dog in his mouth, in violet penwork.
• 58b — Two human heads; dragon head; dog head in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 59a — Human figure playing a flute; dragon head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 59b — Wolf with a sheep in his mouth, in violet penwork. The wolf and sheep are slightly coloured in with black and grey.
• 60a — Grotesque human figure blowing a trumpet; a hare head eating a leaf; several male heads en profile in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 60b — Dog catching a hare in violet penwork.
• 61a — Horse with a tree in violet penwork.
• 61b — A fox blowing a trumpet in violet penwork; he is coloured orange.
• 62a — Horse head; two animal heads in violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork; human face en profil.
• 62b — Head of a woman wearing a headdress; female figure with headdress blowing a trumpet in violet penwork. Red initial-word decorated with violet penwork.
• 63a — Two female heads with headdresses; two grotesque male bearded faces in violet penwork. Four red initial-words decorated with violet penwork.
• 63b — Long-beaked bird head; dragon head eating an animal (hare?); dragon head; dragon head eating a fish in violet penwork. Two red initial-words decorated with violet penwork; human face en profil.
• 64a — Dog licking his genitals in violet penwork.
• 64b — Lion catching a sheep in violet penwork. The lion has a red tongue.
• 65a — Dog catching a chicken in violet penwork. Parts of the chicken are coloured red.
• 66a — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork.
• 66b — Animal playing a flute in violet penwork.
• 67a — Winged male head; dragon head; woman with headdress and an animal body in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 67b — Three bearded male heads, one of them a grotesque; a bird; two women heads wearing a headdress in violet penwork. Five red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 68a — Two hares escaping to their lair in violet penwork.
• 68b — Two-headed animal with two human heads in violet penwork.
• 69a — A monkey with a coconut in violet penwork.
• 69b — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork; one of the heads bites its own body. One of the heads is a male grotesque face.
• 70a — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork; one head has the face of a hare.
• 70b — Male figure in violet penwork; female head wearing a headdress with an animal body in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 71a — Red initial-word with red, blue and green penwork decoration: foliage, a running dog's body with a hand where his head should be. A dragon head, a human face and foliage.
• 72a — Two-headed dragon with two fighting heads in blue penwork. Human faces in red and blue penwork. Three initial-words with coloured backgrounds.
• 72b — Animal with short sword and buckler in red penwork; two goats sticking out their tongues in red penwork. Green initial-word on red panel decorated with blue, green and red penwork.
• 73a — Six initial-words in different colours decorated with violet, green, red and yellow penwork. Bird biting a snake; dog sticking out his tongue; hooded animal; grotesque animal head.
• 73b — Two initial-words in blue with a yellow and a green panel. Decorated with red, green, yellow and blue penwork. Yellow snake with dragon head; small dragon with fish head; hand holding a bird; winged male head.
• 74a — Five initial-words in different colours decorated with green, red, yellow and purple penwork. Bird with another animal head; dragon biting its own leg; foliage; dragon eating a fish; hog.
• 74b — Green initial-word in red panel decorated with red penwork. A bird head with two dragon bodies; dragon head eating an animal; man's face wearing a medieval hat.
• 75a — Two initial-words in different colours decorated with violet penwork. Animal body with a tree growing from its neck; dog head and human face with medieval hat in the tree.
• 77b — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-words לתת נבילה on a pink painted panel with green ranks and small red flowers. On the panel stand two painted birds. The text has two green painted bars on its sides and a blue bar at the bottom. The two green bars turn into fruit trees with gilded fruits at the top of the page. The blue bar is wrapped round with red and green painted branches. The following painted figures can be seen in the margins: a hare spying on a dog (left); a bird eating a plant and a monkey (right). In the text are four initial-words in the colours red, green, black, blue and violet decorated with green, blue and red penwork.
• 78a — Mermaid with animal ears; male figure blowing a trumpet, small medallion with a bird in red penwork. Green initial-word with red penwork decoration.
• 78b — Two fish; goat's head; sheep's head in violet penwork. Green initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 79a — A vase; a fish; four animal heads wearing caps in violet penwork. Blue initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 81a — Fish; a bird; grotesque head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 81b — Kangaroo-like animal; its tail ending in an animal head with foliage; a human face on its belly; it has a winged human face made in violet penwork.
• 82a — Two male heads wearing medieval hats; two animal heads in violet penwork. Five red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 82b — Human head and two animal heads in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 83a — Armed figure with falchion; bearded male head; dragon head; male figure with outstretched arm in violet penwork. Eight red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 83b — Dragon with three heads in violet penwork.
• 84a — Male head with headdress and four legs; standing monkey in violet penwork.
• 84b — Six red initial-words with violet penwork decoration. With three grotesque human heads and two dragon heads.
• 85a — Ten red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 85b — Four-headed dragon; bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 86a — Dog getting ready to attack a hare; bird sitting in a tree in violet penwork.
• 86b — Three animal heads in violet penwork. Four red initial-words with violet penwork decoration.
• 87a — Female figure with a dress and headdress holding a cookie (?); woman's head with headdress in violet ink. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 87b — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-word לעשות on a panel consisting of four painted rectangles. Two are blue with small squares; two are pink with dragons. The painted frame surrounding the text consists of blue, gilded and pink compartments. The following painted figures are depicted: dog hunting a hare (bottom); hunter blowing a horn; bird (right); running dog (top). Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 88a — Four human faces (one female with headdress) in violet penwork. Two red initial-words decorated with violet penwork.
• 88b — Dragon head; male figure playing a citer; woman head with headdress in violet penwork. Two red initial-words decorated with violet penwork.
• 89a — Bird head; two dressed male figures; bird with foliage; fully armed man with a falchion, buckler and hauberk in violet penwork. Two red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 89b — Two-headed beast with one female head, and two birds with foliage in violet penwork.
• 90a — Two female heads; animal head; bearded male head; bird; crowned animal head in violet penwork. Three red initial words and letters with violet penwork decoration.
• 90b — Hare blowing a flute; bird sitting in a tree in violet penwork.
• 91a — Three-headed dragon and bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 91b — Animal head; female head; bird; male head with chaperon; fish in violet penwork. Seven initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 92a — Male head; female figure blowing a flute in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 92b — Grotesque animal (partly the body of a snake, partly the body of a dog) and a bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 93a — Dragon with foliage in violet penwork.
• 93b — Dog biting a hare; an owl sitting in a tree in violet penwork.
• 94a — Two-headed dragon and a bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 94b — Grotesque male dressed figure with a tree in violet penwork.
• 95a — Dog biting a hare and a bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 95b — Dragon and bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 96a — Two-headed creature (snake neck, winged, human heads) with foliage in violet penwork.
• 96b — Dog and a hare sitting opposite each other; three trees, a bird in each tree in violet penwork.
• 97a — Small three-headed dragon.
• 97b — Animal head biting a chicken; animal head holding a scroll in his mouth in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human heads en profil.
• 98a — Small two-headed dragon in violet penwork; one of the heads bites its own body.
• 98b — Two birds, one attacking the other; bird in a tree in violet penwork.
• 99a — Grotesque human figure; bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 99b — Grotesque figure with a female and male head and an animal body; a bird and foliage in violet penwork.
• 100a — Hare blowing a flute in violet penwork.
• 100b — Woman holding a cookie (?), looking at a male head at the top of the page, in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 101a — Two birds; male head; female head; head of a long-beaked bird; hog head wearing a headdress in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human faces en profil.
• 101b — Male head; bird; female head in violet penwork. Three red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; human head en profil.
• 102a — Dog with foliage in violet penwork.
• 102b — Male head; female head; animal head; foliage in violet penwork. Fourteen red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human heads en profil.
• 103a — Dog with open mouth and a bird's head growing from its behind; a stork puts its beak in the dog's open mouth (in violet penwork).
• 103b — Dog with a rabbit in its mouth, in violet penwork.
• 104a — Three animal heads holding an animal in their mouth; in violet penwork. Sixteen red initial-words with violet penwork decorations. Six words in black with red penwork decoration.
• 105a — Text illustration: a woman sits in a tub, another woman gets immersed in 'life-water', as is expounded in the text. Illustration to laws on taking the mikvah (ritual bath). It is made of black penwork and is coloured in. Red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; several human heads en profil.
• 107b — Red initial-words with violet penwork decoration; human face en profil.
• 109a — Painted frontispiece. Gilded initial-word בשר on a painted panel that consists of a painted pink and a painted blue compartment, both with smaller panels in white paint. It has a gilded frame. The painted frame surrounding the text consists of blue, gilded and pink compartments. The following painted figures are depicted: two dragons, a bird and foliage. In the text a red initial-letter with violet penwork decoration.
• 109b — Bird with foliage in violet penwork. In the text a red initial-letter with violet penwork decoration.
• 110a — Two-headed dragon with foliage in violet penwork. In the text a red initial-letter with violet penwork decoration.
• 110b — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork. One of the heads wears a medieval hat.
• 111a — Two fish with foliage; a bird with foliage; dragon head in violet penwork. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 111b — Two dragon heads in violet penwork; one head wears a medieval hat. Red initial-word with violet penwork decoration.
• 112a — Hare; two birds with foliage in violet penwork.
• 112b — Two dragon heads in red penwork. Two black initial-letters with red penwork decoration.
• 113a — Hare; bird with foliage; dog with foliage in violet penwork.
• 113b — Two-headed dragon with foliage; bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 114a — Fish with foliage; small dragon with foliage in violet penwork. Red initial-letter with violet penwork decoration.
• 114b — Two-headed dragon with foliage in violet penwork.
• 115a — Hare with foliage in violet penwork. Two dragon heads in red penwork. Black initial-letter with red penwork decoration.
• 115b — Lion with foliage in violet penwork.
• 116a — Two-headed dragon with foliage; bird with foliage in violet penwork.
• 116b — Two dragon heads in red penwork. Black initial-letter with red penwork decoration.
• 117a — Two-headed dragon in violet penwork.
• 117b — Bird in tree; monkey in violet penwork; coloured cooking pot, referring to the laws of purity concerning pots used for cooking described in the text.
• 118a — Bird in tree; man shooting an arrow in violet penwork.
• 118b — Hare and two birds with foliage in violet penwork.
• 119a — Dragon with foliage in violet penwork.