Decorated initial word from BL Add 26897, f. 32v

Initial word with modest penwork decoration around its letters, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for the afternoon service of Rosh ha-Shanah (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 6823). Image taken from f. 32v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite. Written in Hebrew.

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1300 - 1500

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