File:Jews Byzantine Greek Alexander Manuscript (cropped).JPG
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English: Cropped Image A fourteenth-century miniature Greek manuscript depicting scenes from the life of Alexander the Great. The priests of the Jews (Rabbis) offer Alexander the Great Gold and Silver, Alexander spent the gifts of the Rabbi’s on his Gods. The whole scene is depicted entirely in Byzantine fashion of the late Byzantine period (1204-1453). Alexander the Great is depicted as a Byzantine Emperor (Basileus) and his troops are depicted as Byzantine-Greek soldiers of the 14th century. The Jewish Rabbis (standing to the right) are shown wearing distinctive ceremonial robes and small caps on their heads. From the “Alexander Romance” in S. Giorgio dei Greci in Venice. עברית: היהודי רבנים היוונים של המאה הי"ד
Ελληνικά: Οι ιερείς των Ιουδαίων προσφέρουν στον Αλέξανδρο χρυσό και άργυρο. Ο Αλέξανδρος αφιερώνει τα δώρα των ιερέων στους θεούς του. Εβραίοι λόγιοι και βυζαντινή Έλληνες του δέκατου τέταρτου αιώνα. |
| Date | between 1204 and 1453 |
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image: Miniature of the Alexander Romance, a fourteenth-century book Website: Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice |
| Author | Anonymous |
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