Machzor Hashalom...Minhag Romi [prayers for the entire year ]

The Roman rite was utilized in the first Machzor printed, produced by an earlier generation of Soncinos in Casal Maggiore, 1485-86. This rite, also known as the Italian or “Lo’azim” rite, is rich in multifaceted piyutim. It originated in early medieval Rome and maintained a distinct identity. On this early rite, see: S.D. Luzzatto, Mavo Lemachzor Bnei Roma, ed. D. Goldschmidt (1966); and S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993) pp. 164-66. The Soncino family wandered to many towns setting up their printing presses to publish classical Hebrew works. Often, the colophons to their books did not specify the place of publication. As their fonts were similar, bibliographers have been unsure in which town certain works had been published. A case in point are two Machzorim published ca.1521 by Soncino: viz. Haberman, Soncino nos. 72 and 73 are listed as "Pesaro or Rimini." See also Steinschneider 2444 who was also unsure where the 1521 Machzor was published, either in Pesaro or Rimini. Similarly so Vinograd’s Otzar Hasepharim. The fact that a handwritten prayer commemorating an event occuring in Pesaro appears in the present copy of the Machzor would seem to indicate it was indeed published in Pesaro - or at the very least belonged to a member of the Pesaro congregation