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English: Folio 521b (right) of the North French Hebrew Miscellany manuscript. - The binding of Isaac. 'And Abraham ... bound his son ... stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son ... and the angel of God called unto him out of heaven ... and ... behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns' (Gen. 22:9-13). Abraham stands by the altar, grasping Isaac by the forelock, his knife poised. He turns his head towards an angel who holds the blade of the knife, preventing it from touching Isaac. At the same time he points at a ram caught in a bush. The scene of the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac, is common in Ashkenazi manuscripts of the period. Folio 522a (left) - Tabernacle implements. In the centre of the medallion is the Ark of the Covenant flanked by two cherubim, the Table of Shewbread at the bottom. On the right is the jar of manna. The ark is shaped like a small golden box with two rings through which a stave is inserted. The coloured arch on top is probably the kaporet, 'Mercy Seat.' Although the two cherubim are not made of gold, their wings are spread over the kaporet. Each of the cherubim has six wings, although according to Isaiah 6:2 it is the seraphim who have six wings, while the cherubim, described in Ezekiel 10:20-1, have only four wings. The Table of Shewbread is depicted as a long, golden six-legged table on which rest six round objects flanked by two knives. Aaron places the jar containing an omer of manna 'before God ... before the testimony' (Ex. 16:33-4), and the fact that God speaks to Moses from between the two cherubim placed over the ark of Covenant suggests that the jar is correctly positioned in the illustration.