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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167, f. 105r

Manuscript title: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I

 

Manuscript summary: This parchment manuscript contains the mystic text of the Kabbala in cursive script, illustrated with numerous highly colorful drawings with allegorical, cosmological, and liturgical themes.

 

Origin: Geneva (Switzerland)

 

Period: 16th century

 

Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0167).

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