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Esther Scroll
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The book of Esther (also known as the Scroll [megillah] of Esther) is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example of a scroll from Venice has Hebrew text framed by arcades and borders…

Contributor:

Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel, Francesco Griselini

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1746

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Literature
Page of printed Hebrew text surrounded by arches and decorative flowers and foliage, and town scenes in bottom register.
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.
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:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Ritual Objects, Religion & Theology
Manuscript scroll page with Hebrew text and decorated border with illustrations of cherubs, faces, animals, ribbons, and flowers.
Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)
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These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600/1

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Passover, Music, Food and drink

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.
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:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Ritual Objects, Religion & Theology
Manuscript scroll page of Hebrew text with illustrated figures, one on horseback, on top.