Manuscript ID:
Esther Scroll (II.3)
Place:
Italy or Ottoman Empire, Corfu (?)
Date:
Second half of the 18th century
Description:
Hand-painted border Ink and gouache on parchment, 8 membranes, 40 text columns, 11, 12 lines per column + benediction sheet 115 × 4962 mm (4.5 × 195.4 in.) + 172 × 105 mm (6.8 × 4.1 in) Turned ivory roller with a wooden rod, 270 mm (10.6 in.)
English Text:
Upper and lower margins of the scroll and the spaces between text columns are filled with repeating palmettes. The scroll ends with an image of a vase filled with flowers. The same motifs were used to adorn the separate benediction sheet that accompanies the scroll.
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1015374379