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Fol. 54: The initial word מלך (King) written by Scribe A in dark brown ink in large display letters (stem height

60 mm; 6 lines) is decorated in spared-ground technique and by animals, birds and hybrids surrounding it. The word opens the yozer מלך (אמון מאמריך) (King; Davidson 1924-33,מ  1543) for the second day of New Year.

Each of its letters is decorated with rosettes in its stems and surrounded by red wrigglework.

The word is inhabited by spared-ground hybrids and dragons with many details articulated in red ink, such as feathers, scales, tails, tongues and cheeks.

Within the roof of the letter lamed is a winged hybrid with a bearded face and a red crown. The dragon's posterior is formed by the small head of a bearded man. The final chaf is inhabited by a two headed winged hybrid.

Surmounting the first and last letters of the word, mem and final chaf respectively, are two confronting heraldic spread eagles in red and green, each wearing a fleur-de-lis crown. These heraldic eagles apparently allude to theHoly Roman Empire, illustrating the initial word King.

Flanking and licking the flag of the letter lamed are a goat on the right and a hybrid with a striped tail on the left.

Below the initial word is an elongated winged dragon biting a red striped foliate leaf extending out of the wrigglework of the base of the letter mem. The dragon has red stripes and a long tail terminating in a foliate branch and a large acorn.

Name/Title
Munich High Holidays and Sukkot Mahzor | Unknown
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Fol. 54
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Date
Late 13th - early 14th century
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Germany | Munich | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB)
| Cod.hebr. 86 (Steinschneider 1895, No. 86)
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Brown, red and green ink, pen-work and spared-ground technique.
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