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Fol. 141:

The scribe's colophon is at the end of the Siddur,  written in square Ashkenazi script in dark brown ink: 

סיימתי התפילות מכל השנה/ והספר המצות עם התפילות/ לר' מאיר בר אשר הלוי המקום / יזכהו הוא וזרעו וזרע זרע ו עד/ סוף כל הדורות אמן אמן אמן/ סלה/ חזק ונתחזק מנחם בהר' [בן הרב] אליעזר/ הכותב לא יוזק לא היום ולא/ לעולם עד שיעלה חמור בסולם 

“I, Menahem son of Eliezer, completed this book of prayers and precepts for Rabbi Meir Ben Asher Halevi. The scribe will not be harmed, not today and not forever, until a donkey climbs up a ladder“.

Below is a fifteenth century addition of Hymn of Glory (An'im Zemirot) written in semi-cursive 15th century Italian script. Its initial word "אנעים" ((An'im) is written in red  within a panel filled with delicate filigree pen-work of purple and red. Tendrils extend from the panel along the margins. To its right is a human mask with a protuding leafy like tongue. 

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Vienna Siddur-SeMaK | Unknown
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Fol. 141
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1st quarter of the 14th century, second half of the 15th century (additions)
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Germany | Lake Constance (Bodensee) Area
Italy | Northern Italy
| ; Additions in Northern Italy
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Austria | Vienna | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB)
| Cod. Hebr. 75 (Schwarz No. 88)
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