Kabbalah - קַבָּלָה‎‎ | PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine collections

326 Media in collection ∙ page 1 of 4

Magical Calendar a - An old manuscript with many different types of co...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Decorated initial-word panel from BL Harley 5716, f. 151

Detail of a page: initial-word panel ~Barukh~ (blessed) framed by a full floral border. Image taken from f. 151 of ~Arbaah Turim~ (The Four Pillars). Written in Hebrew.

Birds from BL Or 2626, f. 7v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a full floral and penwork border inhabited by birds. Image taken from f. 7v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Numbers from BL Or 2626, f. 117

Detail of a page: initial-word panel, ~Wa-yedabber~ (and [the Lord] spoke) with penwork decoration and foliate scrolls, at the beginning of Numbers. Image taken from f. 117 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~m... More

Mysteryes of Nature by John Bate

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monas hieroglyphica Ioannis Dee ...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Engraved t.p. and tail-piece. With this is bound: Maier, Michael. Michaelis Majeri ... Secretioris naturæ secretorum scrutinium chymicum ... F... More

Hanukkah lamp from BL Or 5024, f. 19

Detail: an illustration of a man lighting the Hanukkah lamp, at the beginning of the section on Hanukkah. Image taken from f. 19 of Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (~Pisqei Rabbi Yeshayah Aharon~). Wri... More

Nest from BL Add 26968, f. 283v

Partial foliate border with a nest full of young birds and a parent bird approaching. Image taken from f. 283v of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.

Inhabited initial word from BL Add 22092, f. 3v

Initial word ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning) inhabited by animals and human faces. Image taken from f. 3v of ~Gan Elohim~ (The Garden of God): supracommentary on Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel from BL Harley 5531, f. 6v

Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram... More

sciathericon microcosmicum - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

sciathericon stellarum - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

A dragon on top of a globe within an oval cartouche 1645

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Xanten Bible.] - Public domain medieval manuscript

Public domain manuscript page scan, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Full border from BL Or 2626, f. 183v

Full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 183v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...

Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More

tempora labuntur - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's von Nettesheim Magische Werke

"Magische Werke" ("Magical Works") is a collection of writings on magic and the occult by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, a German Renaissance scholar and writer. Agrippa was a controversial figure i... More

Magpies from BL Add 26968, f. 282v

Detail of a partial foliate border inhabited by two magpies. Image taken from f. 282v of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.

Full border from BL Or 2626, f. 3

Full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 3 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

sciathericon electionis - Public domain vintage map

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

speculi ustorii - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Thesaurus Chiromantiae b - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia by Stephan Michelspacher...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 i

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Menorah from BL Eg 872, f. 101v

Textual illustration of a menorah with explanatory captions, in brown ink. Image taken from f. 101v of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 2... More

Numbers from BL Or 2626, f. 117

Initial-word panel, ~Wa-yedabber~ (and [the Lord] spoke) with penwork decoration and foliate scrolls, at the beginning of Numbers. Image taken from f. 117 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ... More

Dragon from BL Or 2626, f. 7v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a full floral and penwork border inhabited by a dragon. Image taken from f. 7v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

horoscopium geographicum - Public domain vintage map

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Basilica Chymica 1611 - Public domain historical image

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Decorated letter from BL Harley 7586A, f. 2

Hebrew letter ~shin~ decorated with foliate motifs, which served as a book plate of the patron Shabbetai ben Mattatya of Rome (see Narkiss, 1984). Beneath, there are three acquisition notes in Hebrew from 1340,... More

Ark of the Covenant with the cherubim from BL Add 14759, f. 2v

Detail of a page: the Ark of the Covenant with the cherubim. Image taken from f. 2v of Commentary on the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Apen, planten en vruchten rond de tekens van de zodiac

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Metoposcopy j - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

mors ultima linea - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

sciathericon motus saturni - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Azoth, Sive Aureliae Occultae Philosophorum by Basil Valentine, 1613 (...

Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia by Stephan Michelspacher...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Menorah from BL Add 19944, f. 18v

Micrography of a menorah, at Psalm 67. Image taken from f. 18v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic.

Frontispiece to ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ from BL Harley 5717, f. 79

Frontispiece to the fourth pillar of ~Arbaah Turim~, ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ (The Breastplate of Judgement). The initial-word panel ~Barukh~ (blessed) is inhabited by three white rabbits. Image taken from f. 79 of ... More

Carpet pages from BL Or 2211, ff. 1v-2

Preliminary pages with the patron's name. Image taken from ff. 1v-2 of The Latter Prophets with Targum Onkelos and the Arabic translation of Isaiah by Saadia ben Joseph. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic.

alphabetum - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

astralabium - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Cabalae Verior Descriptio by Anon. 1680 (dresden)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Decorated letter from BL Harley 7586A, f. 2

Detail of the Hebrew letter ~shin~ decorated with foliate motifs, which served as a book plate of the patron Shabbetai ben Mattatya of Rome (see Narkiss, 1984). Image taken from f. 2 of Guide of the Perplexed (... More

Menorah from BL Eg 872, f. 101v

Detail of a page: drawing of a menorah with explanatory captions. Image taken from f. 101v of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270),... More

Decorated initial word from BL Eg 872, f. 126

Decorated initial word ~Wa-yiqra~ (And [the Lord] called) in brown ink, at the beginning of Leviticus. Image taken from f. 126 of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls... More

Red heifer from BL Add 10456, f. 28v

Detail of a page: miniature of a red heifer in the lower margin illustrating a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for ~Shabbat Parah~. Caption: ‘Red heifer’. Mutilated by a later trimming. Image taken from f. 28v of Fe... More

Detail from BL Or 2626, f. 5 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a full borderand initial-word panel decorated with penwork. Image taken from f. 5 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Diagram from BL Harley 3507, f. 27

Diagram at the beginning of the ~Liber donis praemii veritatis Evangelii credentibus~ (Book of the Graces Bestowed on those Servants of Allah who Believe in the Truth of the Gospel). Image taken from f. 27 of V... More

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johannes Regiomontanus - Kalender, Augsburg 1512 (Zodiac Man)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeremiah from BL Add 9405, f. 12

Historiated initial word at the beginning of the Book of Lamentations: Jeremiah seated on a small stool with an open book in front of him. In the left side of the initial word, in the inner margin, there are va... More

Lighting of the Hanukkah lamp from BL Add 26968, f. 101

Initial-word panel decorated with pen-flourishing. Framed marginal illustration of a man lighting the Hanukkah lamp with a congregation behind him. Image taken from f. 101 of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for th... More

Neilah from BL Add 26968, f. 287

Drawing of two closed gates flanking a tower above the initial words, at the ~Neilah~ prayer. Image taken from f. 287 of Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.

Menorah from BL Add 14759, f. 2

Full-page miniature of the menorah with caption in Ashkenazi square script. Image taken from f. 2 of Commentary on the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 13v

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 13v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Elementa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 c

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Metoposcopy - Public domain dedication image

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

sciathericon medicinae coelestis

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Systema Magicum Universi

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

MS. Ashmole 1789 - Public domain dedication image

Collection of medieval manuscript pages from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Magical Calendar - Public domain medieval manuscript

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Virtus unita Fortior - Public domain portrait drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frontispiece to ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ from BL Harley 5717, f. 79

Detail of the full floral border with birds and medallions, from the frontispiece to the fourth pillar of ~Arbaah Turim~, ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ (The Breastplate of Judgement). Image taken from f. 79 of ~Even ha-E... More

Full border from BL Or 2626, f. 10

Full foliate and penwork border. Image taken from f. 10 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Metoposcopy d - Public domain dedication image

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

sciathericum seleniacum - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Thesaurus Chiromantiae c - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

water clock - Public domain dedication image

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia by Stephan Michelspacher...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Colophon from BL Or 2211, f. 320

Colophon in micrographic form of eleven circles. Image taken from f. 320 of The Latter Prophets with Targum Onkelos and the Arabic translation of Isaiah by Saadia ben Joseph. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic.

Parrot from BL Or 2626, f. 8 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a full floral and penwork border inhabited by a parrot. Image taken from f. 8 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Genesis from BL Or 2626, f. 23v

Detail of a page: initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning) with penwork and foliate decoration, at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 23v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ a... More

Full border from BL Or 2626, f. 13v

Detail of a full border. Image taken from f. 13v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Decorated page from BL Or 2451, f. 378v

Medallion with citations from Psalms and full border. Image taken from f. 378v of Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 1-213v), ~haftarot~ (ff. 214-286), Psalms with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff.... More

horoscopium catholicum - A map of the world with a tree on it

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Full border from BL Or 2201, f. 34v

Full border of geometric design at the Song of the Sea (Ex. 15). Image taken from f. 34v of Bible with ~masorah~ ('First Ibn Merwas Bible'). Written in Hebrew, Aramaic.

Man with cup and ~matzah~ from BL Add 18684, f. 61v

A drawing of a man holding a cup and a ~matzah~ (unleavened bread), and his axe hanging from a trunk, next to the catchword. Image taken from f. 61v of Collection of halakhical works: ~Sefer Mitzwot Qatan~ ('Se... More

Casting the babies into the river from BL Add 26957, f. 42

Textual illustration of ~ha-yeorah tashlihuhu~ (you shall cast [the male babies] into the river): a man casting a naked baby into the river. Image taken from f. 42 of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite. Writt... More

Full border from BL Or 2626, f. 4

Full floral and penwork border inhabited by birds. Image taken from f. 4 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 6

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 6 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 7

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 7 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 184v

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 184v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

A close up of a piece of paper with writing on it. Alphabet bible book...

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's von Nettesheim Magische Werke

[Xanten Bible.] - Public domain medieval manuscript

Public domain manuscript page scan, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

De occulta philosophia. Liber quartus.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-20 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-27

Colophon from BL Add 14763, f. 160

Detail of a page: dcorated panel with foliate scroll at the closure of the text column framing the colophon of the scribe, Solomon, at the end of Samuel ibn Tibbon's ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of fo... More

Holy Land from BL Eg 872, f. 198v

Diagram of the Holy Land. Image taken from f. 198v of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff... More

Night and Day from BL Royal 20 A III, f. 100v

Ink diagram of day and night. Image taken from f. 100v of L'image du monde. Written in French.

Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4123, f. 2

Puzzle initial 'C' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin. Image taken from f. 2 of Geoffrey's 'Historia regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum, De gestis Britonum), dedicated to Robert of Gloucester (... More

Detail of a full border from BL Or 2626, f. 183

Detail of a full border. Image taken from f. 183 of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 6v

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full floral and penwork border. Image taken from f. 6v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

Initial-word panel and full border from BL Or 2626, f. 8v

Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full foliate and penwork border. Image taken from f. 8v of Bible (the 'Lisbon Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~: the Pentateuch. Written in Hebrew.

of 4