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A rectangular initial word panel in the top half of the text space, encloses the word which opens the daily morning service, רבון, "Master." The word is written in burnished gold letters against an alternating background of blue, green and lilac. The panel is framed with a red border decorated with gold tracery. Framing the entire text space is a thick decorative border with multicolored symmetrical floral and foliate motifs set against a gold background. The motifs extend upwards from a pair of vases set one above the other on the right and left margins of the frame, and meet at the center of the top margin. A coat of arms flanked by cornucopia in vibrant pink, overflowing with green foliage is set in the middle of the lower margin within a multicolored scrolled foliate motif with flowers. The coat of arms comprises a blue medallion enclosing a rampant animal, possibly a deer. In the top right corner of the text space, suspended from the inner side of the frame is a small initial word panel framed on two sides by a pink border. The panel encloses the word, אלה, "These are," written in burnished gold against a blue background. The word opens the instructions to the prayers which are written in semicursive script.
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Modena Farissol Siddur | Unknown
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Fol. 1v
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29 April 1491
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The animal on the coat of arms is identified according to the original patron of the manuscript, Ventura, named in the colophon. According to Roth, the coat of arms of the Ventura family bore a rampant deer facing right.
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