Decorated initial word from BL Add 26897, f. 223
Summary
Initial word ~shoshan~ (lily) with its letters filled with geometric design and with modest penwork decoration around them, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Yom Kippur (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 3, no. 765). Image taken from f. 223 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite. Written in Hebrew.
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word
decorated initials
prayer book
hebrew manuscripts
poetry
poem
ashkenazi
liturgical poem
literature
illuminated initials
medieval manuscript
illustrated books
medieval miniatures
ashkenazi jews
british library
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
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