Img. ID: 40944
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.