• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with a kneeling woman behind two clerics who hold open books before an altar draped with white, and on the bar border, a bird, a hybrid creature, and dog looking at a rabbit, at the beginning of Vespers., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1, with David harping, David and Goliath, and in the margins, a dog chasing a rabbit, and dragon., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a fool., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate deo) of David playing the bells, with a hybrid grotesque in the lower margin., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xultate deo) of David playing the bells., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (In the beginning) at the beginning of Genesis. The initial-word panel inhabited by dragons and connected to a vertical band running on the outer margin of the folio., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Initial-word panel, ~Wa-yeshev~ (And Jacob dwelt in the land) inhabited by two hybrids, at the beginning of ~Parashat wa-yeshev~ (Gen. 37:1-40:23)., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Miniature of a horse in a panel at the bottom of the first text column, at the end of Exodus. Initial-word panel ~Wa-yiqra~ (And the Lord called unto Moses) inhabited by two hybrids, at the top of the second text column, at the beginning of Leviticus., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Miniature of a dragon in a panel at the bottom of the first text column, at the end of Leviticus. Initial-word panel ~Wa-yedabber~ (And the Lord spake unto Moses) inhabited by a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Miniature of a bird of prey attacking another, smaller bird and a dog coming out of a gold horn. The miniature is connected to the initial word ~We-hayyah~ (And it shall be), at the beginning of ~parashat tavo~ (Deut. 26:1-29:8)., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of Aaron pouring oil into the lighted lamps of the Tabernacle menorah. Caption: ‘This is the menorah, and Aaron putting oil to the lamps.’, Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of a palm of a right hand with chiromantic descriptions., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of King Solomon seated on a chair reading a book. Inscription over his figure: ‘King Solomon’, inscription in the book: ‘Moses’ Law’., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Inhabited band between two columns of text, connected to an initial word. The main text on this folio is the Aramaic translation of Exodus 19-20 with poems., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature depicting scenes from Daniel. Upper register: Hananyah, Mishael, Azaryah in front of Nebuchadnezzar. Caption: 'This is Nebuchadnezzar talking to Hananyah, Mishael, and Azaryah.' Lower register: Hananyah, Mishael and Azaryahand Archangel Gabriel in the furnace, Nebuchadnezzar and his men standing in front of it. Caption: 'And this is the furnace, and Hananyah, Mishael and Azaryah, and Gabriel, who comes to save them, and next to it Nebuchadnezzar and three of his commanders who come and he says to them, Lo, there entered into the furnace and they are four now'., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of scenes from Genesis 18. Upper register: the angel of God and Abraham talking about the whereabouts of Sarah who is standing in the house. Caption: 'This is Sarah who is in the tent and the angel asks Abraham where is Sarah, your wife, and he says, here she is in the tent'. Lower register: Abraham and the three angels, two of them heading to Sodom, the third one speaking to Abraham. Caption: 'This is Abraham speaking to the angel who told him: and lo, Sarah shall have a son, and these are those who went to destroy Sodom'., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of the celestial bodies, with the sun, moon, and stars represented within a wheel. Caption: ‘These are a sun and a moon and stars within this wheel' . Yael Zirlin identify the miniature with the fourth day of Creation, see Zirlin in ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany~, 2003, p. 95., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of the Israelites gazing the Brazen Serpent (Num. 21:4-9)., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of one of the eschatological animals, the Leviathan. Caption: 'This is Leviathan'., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Full-page miniature of Ahasverus handing over the golden scepter to Esther in an architectural frame (Esther 8:4). Caption: 'This is Ahasverus held out the golden sceptre toward Esther, the queen'., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold