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The Nuremberg Mahzor (Prayer book, according to Eastern Ashkenazi rite)

Scribes: Mattanyah; Jacob1331

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel

This illuminated prayer book for the entire year, in one massive volume, may have been used by the cantor in the synagogue. It includes the largest existing compilation of piyyutim (liturgical poems) with commentaries, many of these texts previously unknown. Commissioned by Joshua ben Isaac, the manuscript is a fine example of collaboration between different scribes and is decorated with 22 painted initial-word panels highlighted in gold and silver leaf, emphasizing the opening of some of the main prayers.

Credit: Extended loan from the collection of Dr. David and Jemima Jeselsohn, Zurich

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  • Title: The Nuremberg Mahzor (Prayer book, according to Eastern Ashkenazi rite)
  • Creator: Scribes: Mattanyah; Jacob
  • Date Created: 1331
  • Location: Southern Germany
  • Type: Manuscript
  • Rights: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Ardon Bar Hama Digital photography funded by David and Jemima Jesselson, Zurich
  • External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Medium: Handwritten on parchment; brown and red ink, tempera, gold and silver leaf; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script
  • Dimensions: H: 50; W: 37 cm
  • Curator: Raccah-Djivre, Daisy; Nizza, Anna
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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