Illuminated Manuscript Leaf of Decalogue with Biblical Scenes

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

(France

18th century)

Framed manuscript on vellum, stretched over board backed with with French calendar for year 1708

This extremely fine illumination depicts the Decalogue beautifully inscribed in Hebrew on two round-topped panels with a portrait of Moses in the center. The upper registers of the panels contain scenes of the Sweetening of the Waters at Marah and the Golden Calf in sepia tones. The bottom of the illumination depicts Abraham greeting the three angels, while Sarah demurely lurks in the shadows . Eveything points to a Jewish, and no doubt French, origin of this truly charming panel