Cloisters Hebrew Bible

[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired this manuscript from the collection of Jacqui Safra from Sotheby's Judaica auction on December 20, 2017.

[3] The era of manuscript making came to an end due to the Black Plague and the Massacre of 1391, followed by the Alhambra Decree and the expulsion of the Jewish communities in Portugal.

[4] After the expulsion of Jews, the manuscript remained in Thessaloniki for centuries, followed by Alexandria before coming into the hands of Jacqui Safra.

The manuscript is noted to be heavily influenced by Mudéjar and Gothic Design, which was prominent within the Iberian Peninsula.

The combination of Judaic, Islamic, and Christian art styles has come to be known as convivencia.