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Scroll of the Book of Esther
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Moses ben Abraham Pescarol’s illuminated scroll of Esther, completed in Ferrara, constitutes one of the oldest examples of an illustrated manuscript of this biblical book, which is chanted on the…

Contributor:

Moses Pescarol

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1618

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Holidays, Purim, Dress, Folklore

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Ritual Objects
Page of Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border with four well-dressed figures on top.
Y’minah, Y’minah
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“Y’minah, Y’minah,” c. 1941. Photo credit: The Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

Contributor:

Corinne Chochem, Muriel Roth

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Date:

ca. 1941

Subjects:

Dance, Holidays, Folklore

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Music
Sheet music with transliterated Hebrew lyrics and Hebrew and English text at bottom.