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	^(VII) Img. ID: 14297	Vienna Semag, Vol. II, fol. 2v, Strasbourg, 5 September, 1344 edit
	Category:	Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts	General Document

2	Name/Title	Vienna Semag \| Unknown
3a	Object	SeMaG
3b	Object Detail	Vol. II, fol. 2v
4a	Artist/ Maker	Unknown (Unknown)
5	Date	5 September, 1344
5a	Activity Dates
5b	Reconstruction Dates
6	Period	Unknown
6a	Period Detail
7	Origin	France \| Bas-Rhin \| Strasbourg \|
8	Community	Unknown \|
9	Collection	Austria \| Vienna \| Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) \| Cod. Hebr. 34 I & II (Schwartz No. 63)
10	Location	Austria \| Wien (Bundesland) \| Wien (Vienna) \| Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) \|
11	Site	Unknown
12	School/Style	Upper Rhinish school of the 13th-14th century\|
13	Iconographical Subject	Filigree work panel Fowl Two-legged hybrid Initial word panel (Not used; see: Initial word panel, Illustrative , Initial word panel, decorative ) \|
14	Category
15	Object Copyright	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB)
16	Photograph Copyright	Center for Jewish Art
17	Photographer	Unknown
18	Photograph Date
19	Negative/ Photo. No.
19a	Scan No.
20	Description	Vol. II, fol. 2v: The initial words: “Positive precept” (מצות עשה) at the opening List of the positive percepts are written in display script within a horizontal panel against red filigree ground with floral motifs. The panel is framed by bow-shaped patterns in alternating green and blue and decorated by six blue and magenta medallions inhabited by two-legged hybrids and a fowl in spared ground technique. Red flourishes extend from the corner medallions into the margins and framing the text column. The alphabet numeration for the percepts is written in square letters along the right margin.

21	Ornamentation

Decorated initial word panel
Two-legged hybrids
Bow-shaped patterns
Fowl

Custom

Contents

24	Codicology

24a	Scribes
24b	Script
24c	Number of Lines
24d	Ruling
24e	Pricking
24f	Quires
24g	Catchwords
24h	Hebrew Numeration
24i	Blank Leaves

25	Material/Technique

Parchment, red ink, blue, green and magenta paint

25a	Material Structure
25b	Material Decoration
25c	Material Bonding
25d	Material Inscription
25e	Material Additions
25f	Material Cloth
25g	Material Lining
25h	Tesserae Arrangement
25i	Density
25j	Colors
25k	Construction Material

26	Measurements

26a	Height
26b	Length
26c	Width
26d	Depth
26e	Circumference
26f	Thickness
26g	Diameter
26h	Weight
26i	Axis
26j	Panel Measurements

27	Direction/Location

27a	Façade (main)
27b	Entrances
27c	Location of Torah Ark
27d	Location of Apse
27e	Location of Niche
27f	Location of Reader's Desk
27g	Location of Platform
27h	Temp: Architecture Axis
27i<	Arrangement of Seats
27j	Location of Women's Section
27k	Direction Prayer
27l	Direction Toward Jerusalem

Coin

28a	Coin Series
28b	Coin Ruler
28c	Coin Year
28d	Denomination

Signature

Colophon

31	Scribal Notes

Watermark

Hallmark

33a	Group
33b	Subgroup
33c	Hallmark Identification
33d	Hallmark Group Classification
33e	Hallmark Reference

34	Trade Mark

Binding

36	Decoration Program

36	Summary and Remarks

38	Suggested Reconstruction

39	History/Provenance

Vol. II, fol. 2v, at the lower part of the page is an inscription by the hand of Uri ben Avraham of the Shalky Wort family:
ראיתי אנשים רעות שקונים ספרים בלא מעות רק בחמשה אצבעות/ ויראתי יבוא אחד מן השוק ויעשה עליו צוק לכן אני בא בחתמתי שמי/ על זה הספר נא' אורי בן לאא' אברהם ז"ל איש שלקי ווערד.
Uri ben Avraham signed his name on the Semag second volume to state his ownership. According to the following inscription, he also owned the first volume of this manuscript.

40	Main Surveys & Excavations

Condition

See: General document

Biography

43	Bibliography

43a	Short Name
43b	Full Name
43c	Volume
43d	Page

Type

198075

45	Temp: Batch Number

198 | 075

46	Temp: Aleph Number

47	Temp: Sys. Number / Doc. Name

14297

48	Temp: Addenda

Registrar
Function:		Name:	Date:
49	Documenter			49a
50	Researcher			50a
51	Architectural Drawings			51a
52	Computer Reconstruction			52a
53	Section Head			53a
54	Editor			54a
55	Donor			55a

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