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Midrash of the Ten Commandments

Early 11th Century

Drawing of someone fishing in a pond with images of himself in different professions above his head.

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An Elegant Composition concerning Relief after Adversity and Ease after Anguish

Nissim Ibn Shāhīn

Kitāb al-faraj ba‘d al-shidda wa-’l-sā‘a ba‘d al-ḍīqa, Chapter 2

Mid-11th Century

Ivory carving in shape of an eight-petaled flower with small hole in center.

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Order of the Garden of Eden

12th Century

Two facing pages containing simple humanoid drawings, one large and two smaller orthogonal to it, each with arms extended and various non-human details, decorations, and protrusions, and Hebrew scattered throughout.

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The Prayer of R. Simeon bar Yoḥai

12th Century

Ink painting of Hebrew letters, Hebrew words, and English transliteration.

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The Tale of Rabbi Akiva and the Dead Man

12th Century

Illustration of a bearded man in a robe holding a staff over his shoulder with a bag hanging from it, reaching his hand out toward another hand extended from the left edge of the image.

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Ḥay ben Mekits

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Before 1140

Fragment of a worn page depicting two birds facing each other among branches and fruits, with a decorated border.

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The Speech of Asher ben Judah

Solomon Ibn Saqbel

Mid-12th Century

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The Tale of the Wicked Neighbor

Mid-12th Century

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The Speech of Tuviah ben Zedekiah

Joseph Ibn Sham‘ūn

ca. 1180s

Damaged manuscript page with Arabic text above an illustration of two lions seated among flora, facing and gesturing toward each other.

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Fox Fables

Berekhiah ha-Nakdan

Mishle shu'alim (Fox Fables), 104, 59.

Late 12th Century

Two facing pages containing simple humanoid drawings, one large and two smaller orthogonal to it, each with arms extended and various non-human details, decorations, and protrusions, and Hebrew scattered throughout.

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Book of Delight

Joseph Ibn Zabara

Sefer sha'ashu'im, I.1-2, IV:2, V:2.

Late 12th Century

Two facing pages containing simple humanoid drawings, one large and two smaller orthogonal to it, each with arms extended and various non-human details, decorations, and protrusions, and Hebrew scattered throughout.

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The Tale of the Drakon

Judah of Regensburg

Late 12th Century