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Scroll of the Book of Esther
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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…

Contributor:

Andrea Marelli

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1573

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Holidays, Purim, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture, Ritual Objects
Manuscript scroll page with Hebrew text and decorated border with illustrations of cherubs, faces, animals, ribbons, and flowers.
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:

Print & book culture, Ritual Objects
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.
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 and most unusual examples of illustrated manuscripts of this biblical book, which is…

Contributor:

Moses Pescarol

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1616

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Holidays, Purim, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture, Ritual Objects
Manuscript scroll page of Hebrew text with illustrated figures, one on horseback, on top.