Manuscript – Machzor for the High Holidays – Worms, 1788 – Two Volumes, Illustrated Title Page

Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. [Worms], 1788. Two volumes.
Illustrated title page at the beginning of the machzor. Square script [partially vowelized] and cursive Ashkenazi script. Enlarged and decorated initials.
In the center of the title page is an interesting inscription by the writer "Yitzchak Isaac son of the late R' Wolf Pollack Segal, who was the cantor of the Rashi Synagogue in Worms: "For the past few years, I was the regular cantor in the Rashi Synagogue and every year I would lead the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers… G-d knows that every time I stand in prayer I am overtaken by tremendous fear and trembling lest, G-d forbid, I stumble in my prayers because until now, I have always prayed from the machzor of the late… R' Leib Zintzheim, who donated these machzorim to the aforesaid synagogue…". Segal writes that with the passing years, glosses and additions were added by the city's sages to the ancient machzor and Rabbi Wolf decided to copy the prayers in the machzor for his personal use "like the machzor of the community in the old synagogue… all according to the customs here".
The first volume contains the Rosh Hashanah prayers [from HaMelech of Shacharit], with yotzrot and piyyutim.
The second volume begins with Kol Nidrei and includes the Yom Kippur prayers with yotzrot and piyyutim and Arvit for Motzei Yom Kippur. Also included is a section of the piyyut about the nations of the world HaGoyim Eimim Zamzumim Kedar V'Adomim, which was omitted from the printed machzorim because of the censor and can only be found in manuscripts.
The machzor features a number of customs of Worms and Ashkenazi communities, such as the custom to say out loud the words "He is our G-d, there is no other" in the Aleinu prayer [mentioned among the customs of the Worms community, by R' Y. Shemesh. See enclosed material]; and more.
Rabbi Leib Zintzheim who is mentioned on the title page of the manuscript was a well-known influential dignitary active in the royal city of Vienna who supported many communities. Among other achievements, he built the Beit Midrash [the Kloiz] and the Rashi Synagogue.
Two volumes, [36]; [67] leaves, 30 cm. Good condition, stains, tears to several leaves, [in the Rosh Hashanah machzor, several leaves are bound out of order]. New leather bindings.