Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Ashburnham Pentateuch - camels, donkeys, mules, and horses

 Salvete Omnes,

Ukraine must become peaceful again - war of aggression must stop.

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Today a bit of a late Antiquity and early Christian art from.. well, could have been Italy,  North Africa or Western Asia, then still under the Eastern Roman empire -  late VI or perhaps early VII century treasure of beauty and spirituality.

Because what a treasure this manuscriptAshburnham Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) - French national Library  Gallica page -  still is, and it has some turbulent story to it too. 



Nota bene fre/libre/gratis  book from the Metropolitan Museum of Arts  - Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century.





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Valete!

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