Virgo from BL Add 22413, f. 140
Summary
Detail: medallion with the zodiac sign of Virgo (~Betulah~), in the Prayer for rain (~Tefilat ha-geshem~, Davidson vol. 2, no. 3466) recited on Shemini Atzeret. Image taken from f. 140 of Festival prayer book for Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) and Sukkot (Feast of the Tabernacles), German rite (aka the 'Tripartite Mahzor' ) including biblical readings: The Book of Ruth and the Book of Ecclesiastes with Joseph Kara's commentary. Written in Hebrew.
Tags
Date
1000 - 1400
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain