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Silver Purim Cup
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On this silver Purim cup from Augsburg, Germany, a quotation from the Talmud (b. Megillah 7b) inscribed around the rim advises its bearer to drink in celebration of Purim until unable to distinguish…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Augsburg, Germany)

Date:

ca. 1690

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Food and drink, Humor, Folklore

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Silver cup engraved with a person in profile wearing a jester hat drinking out of a barrel.
Scroll of the Book of Esther
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This scroll of Esther from Germany, created for use on the holiday of Purim, is extensively decorated, with illustrations of biblical scenes from the Esther story, as well as various flora and fauna…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

ca. 1630

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Holidays, Purim, Animals, Music

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Ritual Objects, Religion & Theology
Scroll manuscript page with Hebrew text in four columns, with illustrations on top of figures seated talking to each other, working by a tree, and walking; the middle sections feature ladders and people working on trees; the bottom features elephants and rhinoceroses.