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

photo 1296 and 1413 subject ALTAR index no. IJA 1986/2 Of Sacrifice fol. 3 no illustr. 1:2 no. of card 17 technique DR situation TE reference la, 2b 8a, b, , 3, 4b, 12, 13 5, 6b, 7, in place + A cross-section of the Altar of Sacrifice with its measurements, inscribed according to Maimonides. The structure is composed of three stages: the base( ) , the circuit ( ) and a third stage. The base, resting on bulls' heads, is "32 'amot" wide and "5 tefahim" high, with an offset of "5 tefahim". The next stage, the "sovev", is "3C 'amot and 2 tefahim" wide, "30 tefahim" high, and with an offset of "5 tafahim". The third stage of the altar is "18 tefahim" high, surmounted by "horns" 5 tefahim high and one 'amah wide. ,"Amah" is inscribed twice on top of the altar, possibly alluding to the priest's standing place. Below the top "four and a tefah" is inscribed twice, possibly alluding to the 24 'amot and 4 tefahim square of the place of sacrifice. In the centre of the top is a hole to receive the ashes and blood. It A 11/1X1 MTAK library Budapest origin France (N-E) type of ms. Firs

t Kaufmann Mishneh Torah