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Vol. II, fols. 279v-288: The twelve signs of the zodiac are each depicted within a medallion in the margins of twelve of the eighteen pages (fols. 280v, 281, 281v, 282v, 283v, 284, 285, 285v, 286v, 287, 287v, 288). They illustrate the corresponding Zodiac signs mentioned in the piyyut of Eleazar haKaliri for the prayer of rain יפתח ארץ לישע (Let the earth open; Davidson, Thesaurus, י 3466) recited on Sukkot. The medallions are framed by a coloured or gold band surrounded by a lace-like wreath or radiating gold dots. The backgrounds are blue, red or tooled gold with all-over geometrical patterns (see Remarks).
II:285 (diameter: c.48 mm):
Libra (Tishrei) is depicted as an empty pair of balanced scales held by the hand of God emerging from a segment of blue sky. The diamond-tooled gold medallion has a red, blue and green frame, outlined with a floral lace pattern in similar colours. The scales illustrate the adjacent text of the piyyut: פלוש גומש (Tilted scales).
| Cod. hebr. 3/I- II (Steinschneider 1895, No. 3)