Miniature of plan for the Blue Mosque of Mecca ~1700
The Great Biblical Flood: St Augustine ~late 15th century
from Genesis in the Torah ~15th century
The Creation of the World 1476 Nicolas Jensen: Latin Bible
The first word of Exodus from the Torah ~early 14th century
Egyptian (carpet) Pentateuch 1353La Bibliothèque Nationale de France have a large website for their current exhibition: Livres de Parole ('Book of the Word') - Torah, Bible, Coran and the selection here was snagged from the image bank thumbnail pages pertaining to Judaism, Islam and Christianity respectively. I'm reasonably sure the actual exhibition has further images. But there is a lot in here to see, even if you don't read french.
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