A design in red and gold marks the beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ).
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Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 2; Hebrew Bible; 1306 CE; Soria (Spain); f.17v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Four heads with winding tongues decorate the initial-word panel which marks the beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ).
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BL Add MS 15423; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy; f.4r @blmedieval.bsky.social

The beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) is marked by this floral design.
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.27r @blmedieval.bsky.social

The initial-word of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) is decorated with hybrids.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.7v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) with this strange creature.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

The beginning of Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) is marked by this beautiful design which looks like a vine planted by Noach after the flood.
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.19v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

In Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ), God instructs Noah to build an ark. Here Noah is receiving an olive branch from the dove.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.521r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Torah portion Noach (נֹחַ) includes the narrative of the Tower of Babel as depicted here in the 'Golden Haggadah'.
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BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th century; Spain, N.E; f.3r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork & border with birds
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BL Add MS 15283, 'Duke of Sussex's Portuguese Pentateuch'; 1475-1499 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.2r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) as a new cycle of readings begins again.
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BL Or 2696; 14th c; Germany, S; f.3r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Initial-word panel with dragons at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which begins the new cycle of Torah readings.
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Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Torah with Onkelos; 1299 CE; f.1v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) tells of the creation of the world, and of Adam and Eve, as depicted here with the serpent in the initial-word panel.
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BL Harley 7621; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Italy, N. E; f.1r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) in the 'Coburg Pentateuch': #ParashahPictures
BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396 CE; f.1v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with medallions representing days of creation
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BL Harley MS 5710; 13th century; Italy; f.1r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Initial-word panel of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork and foliate decoration
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.23v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית)
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BL Add MS 15251; Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible'; 1448-1498 CE; Italy NE (Ferrara); f.13r @blmedieval.bsky.social

The Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) begins the new cycle of readings with gold and penwork.
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Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.9v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

The initial-word of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) is surrounded by playful dragons, and a lion.
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BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.5v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית), with a micrography creature climbing up the margin
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BnF Hébreu 36; Bible. A.T. (hébreu); 1300 CE; Poligny (France); f.1v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

A new cycle of Torah readings begins with Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which opens with this initial-word panel inhabited by an eagle, a deer, a lion and four dragons.
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BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; Germany; 14th century; f.1v @blmedieval.bsky.social