Human heads from BL Or 2736, f. 194

Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a male and a female head, at Purim. Image taken from f. 194 of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins. Written in Hebrew.

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