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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
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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…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Augsburg, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1690