Creator Bio
Andrea Marelli
16th Century
Andrea Marelli was an Italian book illustrator and printmaker who was active in Rome and Sienna between 1567 and 1572.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Scroll of the Book of Esther
Like Torah scrolls, the scroll of the biblical book of Esther, read ritually in the synagogue on the holiday of Purim, must be completely unadorned. However, in the sixteenth century, for reasons…