Col. 10: In the upper margin, a bust of a crowned man is depicted; he can be one of the princes of Media and Persia listed in Es. 1:14. In the lower margin, on the right, Haman is begging for his life and is falling on Esther's bed; at the same time, Ahasuerus is returning from the palace gardens (Es. 7:7-8). A similar scene is shown under col. 8.
Col. 11: In the upper margin, a bust of a man is depicted; he can be one of the servants (Hatach?, Harbonah?). In the lower margin, crowned Mordecai rides on horseback and the horse is led by a man. In the background a walled city is visible. The scene is depicted for the second time in the scroll (see description of the opening panel).
Col. 12: In the upper margin, a bust of a young crowned woman is depicted; she can be Queen Esther. In the lower margin, a wedding ceremony of Ahasuerus and Esther is represented. The Bible does not mention this event and the source for this representation remains unknown. The same motif, although represented in a slightly different way, can be found in the Esther scrolls with landscapes, scrolls with portrait medallions and their copies made by hand, as well as in the scrolls designed by Marcus Donath (Mordecai ben Jozl Sofer) of Nitra (see their descriptions in the Index).
Col. 13: In the upper margin, a bust of a young crowned woman is depicted (partly preserved); she can be Queen Esther. In the lower margin, on the right, there is the king seated at the throne and a man stands before him. The scene is difficult for an unambiguous interpretation. It can be a conversation between Ahasuerus and Haman or Mordecai before the king as it is said in verses 8:1 or 8:15.
Col. 14: In the upper margin, a bust of a crowned man is depicted; he can be one of the princes of Media and Persia listed in Es. 1:14. In the lower margin, several buildings are shown. It can be a city of Susa (?).
O | Ornamentation: | Foliate and floral ornaments
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Ahasuerus returns from the palace garden (Es. 7:8)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Haman falling on Esther's bed (Es. 7:8)
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) | Ahasuerus' and Esther's wedding
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Mordecai before Ahasuerus (Es. 8:1)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Mordecai before Ahasuerus in royal apparel (Es. 8:15)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | *Other topics related to the Megillah: | Shushan (Susa), capital of Persia
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The scroll consists of 3 membranes containing 22 text columns with 22 lines, except for col. 19 with 11 lines divided into two parts.
Every letter ל in the words המלך occurring in the first lines of the text columns is decorated with elaborate tagim.
The text includes an enlarged ח (Es. 1:6) that is formed of two parts joined with a roof and its legs end with serifs. In the text, the enlarged letter ת (Es. 9:29) is included too. In addition, traditional enlarged and diminished letters are in col. 19; they are also decorated with elaborated tagim and in the case of two of the letters, additional strokes are drawn below them.
In the first text panel are inscribed all three benedictions preceded by an adequate Hebrew headline ברכות מגלה. Whereas the last panel contains the final benediction followed by a shortened version of ארור המן Arur Haman.
In general, the ruling is slightly visible.
The parchment is bright; both sides of the sheets are very similar so it is difficult to distinguish between the flesh and hair side of a sheet.
The membranes are glued which was relatively rare for Esther scrolls.
In the institutional and private collections, other scrolls decorated with a similar pattern are stored.