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Fol. 41: In the upper part of the text space the initial word "The King" (המלך) in Shaharit, is written in display script within a rectangular pen-work panel, occupying the width of the text space. The panel is filled with a red and blue criss-cross background decorated with blue and red foliate scrolls and framed by a border filled with scrolls, each enclosing a palmette in spared ground technique. The border is framed by pairs of bow-shaped patterns in alternating red and green and by stems with buds. Four medallions enclosing two-legged hybrids in spared ground technique on blue and red-brownish (to check the colour!) ground decorate the corners of the panel. Blue and red flourishes extend from the medallions along the sides of the text column into the upper and lower margins, creating a frame to the page. Two colourful long-tailed birds are perched on the tendrils on the right side of the upper margin; their heads are partially trimmed. Remnants of another bird are visible on the left side of this margin, which is covered now by a sale inscription (see History).

Brownish spots caused by water are scattered all over the page. The original colours are faded and the present appearance seems to be the result of a later overpainting of the previous decoration.

The heads of the three birds are trimmed by the later binder.

 

 

 

Name/Title
Vienna New Year Mahzor | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Fol. 41
Settings
Unknown
Date
1344-1347
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Site
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Parchment, red, blue, green ink; filigree pen-work and spare-ground technique.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
ca. 30 x ca. 84 mm
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Brownish spots caused by water are scattered all over the page. The original colours are faded and the present appearance seems to be the result of a later overpainting of the previous decoration. The heads of the three birds are trimmed by the later binder
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation

Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
The filigree scrolls are rendered in a different style compared to the other panels in the manuscript: the scrolls are larger, containing leaves and flowers in red and blue. They were probably executed or repainted later as a result of damage caused to the page. The poor state of the page, compared to the rest of the manuscript, is probably due to the fact that for some time it was the first folio
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Alissia Fried Yaffa Levy Michal Sternthal Anna Nizza | 1998 8.1999 8.1999 7.2001
Author of description
Yaffa Levy Anna Nizza | 2002 2002
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Michal Sternthal | 2002
Language Editor
Judy Cardozo | 6.2002
Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.