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O R N A M E N T A N D I N S C R I P T I O N I N

L A S I N O G O G A D E L T R N S I T O

T O L E D O, S P A I N

BY

DAMON JOSEPH MONTCLARE

There is a primordial snake above,

and as long as it is not spiced with the wine of joy

it is a snake in the way.1

Rabbi Hiyya, Zohar 1, 2!b

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