IMJ403347 Folio 98v from the Nuremberg Mahzor, 1331 (pen & ink, tempera, silver and gold leaf on parchment) by German School, (14th century); The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; (add.info.: manuscript of the siddur according to the \'Eastern\' Ashkenazi rite; style of Upper Rhine Valley; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script; 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. ); 穢 Israel Museum, Jerusalem ; Extended loan from Dr. David and Jemima Jeselsohn, Zurich; German, out of copyright.