• Decorated initial word, at the beginning of Joshua., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• ~Carmina figurata~ of a fleur-de-lis, at Ezekiel., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Micrography, at the beginning of Isaiah., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Micrography, ~carmina figurata~, the colophon of the scribe, and a censor's signature., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Initial-word panel framed with border filled by floral motifs, vases and a mask, unfinished., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

168). Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1619 (f. 231v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Owner's inscription in Italian, partially illegible: 'Questo lib[ro] .. David a Samuel ..

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

168). Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1619 (f. 231v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Owner's inscription in Italian, partially illegible: 'Questo lib[ro] .. David a Samuel ..

• Tinted drawing of the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking the cross. John's scroll reads: 'This is the disciple who giveth testimony' (John 21:24)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

the time the manuscript was made); perhaps made for Oswald, founder of Ramsey abbey, bishop of Worcester, and archbishop of York from 972 to 992: mentioned in Ramsey's 14th-century catalouge as a 'Psalter of St Oswald' (see Gameson 1996).Thomas Powell:

• Miniature of Charlemagne welcoming Clement Scotus and another, and giving the Abbey of Tours to Alcuin of York., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

and giving the Abbey of Tours to Alcuin of York. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made before 1350, and

• Historiated initial-word panel: ~Barukh~ (blessed) at the beginning of the benediction for the ending of the Shabbat (~Havdalah~ ceremony). An elderly man lifts a goblet while performing the ~Havdalah~ blessing over a twisted candle held by a young boy. Full foliate border inhabited by hybrids and lions. (The depiction of ~Havdalah~ ceremony also occurs on f. 24v.), Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel with gold letters: ~Hakham~ (Wise Son) portraying the Wise Son as a bearded man seated at a study desk reading., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Decorated initial-word panel: ~Tam~ (Simple Son). Next to the panel, the Simple Son is portrayed as a young boy standing in front of a bearded man. Three-side foliate border with hybrids., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Full-page initial-word panel with gold letters and foliate decoration at the conclusion of the Haggadah: ~La-Shanah ha-Baah bi-rushalayim, amen~ (Next year in Jerusalem, Amen)., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel with gold letters: ~Avadim~ at the beginning of the passage, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh'. Beneath the initial word, the Israelites build a tower under the supervision of a task master. In the outer margin, two (Egyptian?) riders watch the construction works. In the lower margin, Israelites are making bricks. In the upper margin, a dog serves a rabbit. About the interpretation of the dog serving a rabbit see Kurt Schubert, 'Wikkuach-Thematik in den Illustrationen hebraeischer Handschriften', ~Jewish Art~, 12/13 (1986/1987), 251-52., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Decorated initial-word panel with gold letters and white vine decoration and with a dragon on top of the panel. Partial foliate border with a hybrid musician. Both the dragon and the hybrid are unfinished., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Decorated initial-word panel with gold letters: ~U-we-moftim~ (And with wonders), at the fifth of the five explanations how God brought out the Israelites from Egypt. Two dragons standing on top of the panel, and foliate decoration spreading out of its four corners inhabited by hybrids, and two armed wild men., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel: ~Ma'aseh~, at the beginning of the account of the five rabbis at Benei Braq. The five rabbis are in the windows of a building; their pupils are knocking on the door. Full foliate border inhabited by animals, birds, dragons., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated full-page initial-word panel: ~Matzah zo~ (This unleavened bread). Between the two words a man seated holding unleavened bread in both of his hands. Beneath the initial words, a giant ~matzah~ embedded into a square panel and decorated with eight coats of arms and gold. Four coats of arms are blank, while the other four are ~en pal~ (seven ~azur~ and ~or~) resembling the arms of Barcelona. Beneath, musicians playing standing under arches. About the coats of arms see, Narkiss, 1982, p. 83 and ~The Barcelona Haggadah~, 1992, pp. 36, 41., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel ~Ha lahma aniya~ (The Bread of Affliction), at the beginning of the text of the Haggadah. Beneath the initial words, a miniature depicting a family by the Seder table with the master of the house placing the basket of unleavened bread on the head of one of his children. Full foliate border inhabited by animals and dragons. Placing the basket over the head of the participants was a Sephardi custom and it was considered as a symbolic way to experience the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt carrying the dough on their backs (See Metzger 1982, p. 260)., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel: ~We-shotin~ (And they drink) depicting a spread Seder table surounded by the family with the participants lifting their cups. In the lower margin, a man is washing his hands with the help of a servant (~netilat yadayim~)., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and

• Historiated initial-word panel at the beginning of the Haggadah: ~Atan mi-pirqa~ (They are coming from the prayer gathering) surrounded by rich marginal decoration with foliate inhabited by animals and hybrids. Beneath the initial word, a family sitting by the spread Seder table with the master of the house lifting his cup and one of the participants pouring the first cup of wine., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

mi Fra Luigi del ordine di San Domenico del 1599' (f. 160). William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Yehiel Nahman Foah, 17th-century collector of Hebrew manuscripts and