• Scrolls 44 (X.1)




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    Esther Scroll
    Manuscript

    Esther Scroll


    Manuscript ID:
    Scrolls 44 (X.1)

    Place:
    Italy

    Date:
    Second half of the 18th century

    Description:
    Hand-painted border Ink on parchment, 3 membranes, 14 text columns, 22 lines per column 130 × 1425 mm (5.1 × 56.1 in.) Wooden roller, 225 mm (8.9 in.)


    The scroll is decorated with simple geometric pattern drawn by hand in brown ink. The text panels are surrounded by simple architectural frames decorated with zigzags. The same pattern was used continuously along all the membranes in the scroll.


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1015678182


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