About the creation
Levy Mahzor (Cod. Levy 37, f. 169r): With me from Lebanon
Artist name: Unknown artist
In a garden, a blindfolded queen reaches out toward a man standing opposite her, with a Jews’ hat and a long cape. Above, a pair of entwined peacocks and below them the Hebrew word Iti. Between the pair and at the bottom of the picture, the piyyut continues.
Technique: Color illumination
Location: University of Hamburg Library, Hamburg
Date: 1350
