Jeremiah Traditions (Fall 1996; RelSt 735)

Text of Illustrations in the "Theodore Psalter" (Lond Add 19352)

(1) top right corner: eagle with 15 figs on necklace, rolled up letter.

o( a)eto\s a)postello/m{enos} ei)s Babulw=na para\
tou= Barou=x: komi/zwnt{on} I(eremi/an su/ka
e)k t{o\n} a)gro\n tou= A)gri/pa meta k{ai\} gra/mmato{s}
a)po\ ta\ I(e
roso/luma
o)/nta ei)s Ba
bulw=na
meta\ to\n ai)
xmalwti
sqe/nta
lao/n.

"The eagle being sent to Babylon from Baruch, carrying to Ieremiah figs from the garden of Agrippa along with a letter from those in Jerusalem to Babylon with the captive people."

(2) lower right corner, with large landscape picture in which a booth is identified as h( I(lh/m (Jerusalem) and two workers on the left are titled gewrgoi= (gardeners).

o( B[a
rou[x
koi[mw
m{enos} \e/[
nea[
su/k[
a)grw=[
para\ tou= I)[
dia\ tou\s a)r\r/a/m{en}ous{??}
p.en ag{?}...

"Baruch sleeping ... figs in the field beside Jerusalem, on account of those having been taken {??} ..."