Ashburnham Pentateuch, 6th or 7th Century

Detail from Folio 58r - Pharaoh from panel 1 of The Hebrews forced to make bricks

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, NAL 2334, folio 58r. Also known as the Tours Pentateuch. A Latin illuminated manuscript of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament). This manuscript is probably from the late 6th or early 7th centuries (with later additions), but a 5th century date has also been claimed. It was probably made in Roman North Africa, Spain, Syria or provincial Italy.