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 MT 5075 A date 1296 and 1413 town subject JUDAH THE MACCABEE index no. I

JA 1986/2 subject JUDAH THE MACCABEE fol. 2 no illustr. 1 no. of card 8 technique PN situation LM reference 2a, b, c, d, 3b, 4 in place + A fully *armed 0knight, wearing *chain-mail and a golden *helmet and riding a *caparisoned mount is brandishing a disproportionately large *sword. On his *shield and on the caparison is a Twinged, *horned and 'claw-footed *dragon. Inscribed above the sword : "Judah the Maccabee". Possibly illustrating the defence of the purity of the Jewish religion against persecution by the Greeks, alluded to in the history of the halakhah expounded by Maimonides in his introduction. location library shelfmark Budapest MTAK A 77/1 type of ms. First I u K

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l Kaufmann Mishneh Torah , France (N-E)