In the upper margin, landscapes nos. 1, 2, and 3 are printed and in the lower margin, there are frames nos. 9-11.
Frame 9: On the left, the king sits on the throne under a canopy and before him, stands a man who is reading from an open book (Es. 6:1-3). On the right and in the background, the palace garden is depicted.
Frame 10: Mordecai in royal apparel riding on horseback and is led by Haman (Es. 6:11). In the background, several buildings are visible.
Frame 11: The second banquet given by Esther is depicted (Es. 7:1). Together with the queen, the king and Haman are seated at a table. A servant is approaching the table with a tray.
P | Putto (Putti in Plural)
G | Garland
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Ahasuerus listening to the Book of Records (Es. 6:1-3)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Mordecai's triumph (Es. 6:11)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Esther's second banquet (Es. 7:1)
L | Landscape
A | Angel | Angel's head
V | Vase
B | Basket | Basket with flowers
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This image belongs to the ''Ursula and Kurt Schubert Archive'' in the Center for Jewish Art.
The description was made solely on the basis of the images, with no access to the manuscript itself.
There are two variants of the scrolls decorated with this pattern that in the Index are marked "I" and "II". In some exemplars, just below the decorative herms, the pedestals with angel's heads and bases were added, therefore, the text panels are higher; this type is marked with "II". Whereas, the rest of the manuscripts containing no pedestals with angel's heads and bases are marked with "I". The latter are more numerous.
Similar narrative scenes are included in the scrolls with "portrait medallions" (see their descriptions in the Index); some of them are their mirror image.
The earliest scroll sharing similar engraved pattern is dated to 1701; this is the megillah BCM 25 from the Braginsky Collection in Zurich (see http://braginskycollection.com/esther-scrolls/; accessed on 22.04.2020).