CERVERA BIBLE: ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX YEARS EARLIERWhen Isaac de Braga commissioned a bible for the family (known as the Kennicot Bible) scholars suggest that he asked the illuminator, Yosef Hasarfati, that it be “inspired” in that completed on May 19, 1300 in Cervera (Lleida Province, Catalonia, NE Spain). Both books have an identical page where the illuminator gives his name, using very original oversized zoo/antropomorphic letters.The scribe, Shmuel ben Abraham ibn Nathan, wishes the owner that “God grants [him] pleasure from it and give him sons who will study Torah and perform good deeds and study it day and night.”The patron’s name has been erased (probably due to one change of owner). We can assume that he and several generations in his family did enjoy the teachings of the text, wherever their exile took them. Possibly Spain to Portugal and then to the Netherlands? In 1804, the manuscript was acquired in The Hague, on the initiative of António Ribeiro dos Santos, head librarian of the Royal Public Library of the Court in Lisbon, where it has been kept since.In 2011 this volume was part of an exhibit at The Met Fifth Avenue:https://www.metmuseum.org/exh.../listings/2011/cervera-bibleTo learn more about its contents: https://web.nli.org.il/.../manus.../Pages/Cervera_Bible.aspxTo view all its digitized pages:https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_14158