Inhabited initial word from BL Or 42, f. 1
Summary
Initial word, ~melekh~ (king) inhabited by hybrids and dragons, at a liturgical poem for Rosh ha-Shanah (Davidson, vol. 3, no. 1529). Image taken from f. 1 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah and the Yom Kippur, and beginning of Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Dragon's Head Mahzor'). Written in Hebrew.
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Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain