Index of Jewish Art 4. vol: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Kaufmann Collection at the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Különálló lapok tokban.

1236 and 1413 subject DAVID and Goliath index no. I

JA 1986/2 subject DAVID and Goliath fol. 118 no illustr. 1 no. of card 15 technique PN situation LM reference 1, 2a, 8 in place + ? Between the ,tendrils in the lower margin is a tiny, frail David, wearing a short ,tunic, and a large ,crown, confronting with his ,sling the giant "Goliath, who is wearing ,chain-mail, a golden ,helmet, and holds a

,shield in his left hand and a ,sword in his right. A horned ,goat's head appears in grisaille on the shield. ,Animals, ,birds and ,hybrids are in the panel and the tendrils. Illustrating "Book Seven", dealing inter alia with the laws of gleaning, and alluding to the gleaning of Ruth, David's ancestress, while Orpah was Goliath's mother according to the midrash. location library sheifmark Budapest MTAK A 77/11 France (N-E) First type of ms. Kaufmann Mishneh Torah