Title: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I

Language: French

Date: 1550

PAGE #: 382

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REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 8.75 x 11.25 inches

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: This manuscript was made in 1550 France. Its contents include the mystic text of the Kabbala in cursive script, illustrated with numerous highly colorful drawings with allegorical, cosmological, and liturgical themes. The manuscript was dedicated to King Francis I three years after his death in 1547.

The original is currently held at the Bibliothèque de Genève.

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