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Text columns nos. 1 and 2 are flanked by the figures of Ahasuerus, Vashti, and Mordecai. The upper margin features the busts of Mehuman and Biztha, the king's courtiers (Es. 1:10). The roundels in the lower margins feature the narrative scenes of the feast of the king (Es. 1:3-8) and the beheading of Vashti (not mentioned in the biblical text). These are captioned in Hebrew. The episodes are entitled עשה משתה ("[He] made a feast") and נגזר עליה ("It is destined for her"), respectively.

Name/Title
JMP Printed Copy of Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
cols. 1 and 2
Settings
Unknown
Date
First quarter of the 20th century
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Collection
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Material / Technique
Ink on paper (printed text and decorations) + wood
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
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Material Cloth
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Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
The scroll: 125x1060 mm.
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Condition

The scroll is preserved in very good condition.

Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew

Codicology

The scroll is formed of a single sheet containing 13 text columns with 32 lines each, except for col. 11 which has 11 lines divided into two half-columns.

The text in the scroll is printed, but its prototype was copied in the Hebrew Ashkenazi script with tagin.

The letters ח (Es. 1:6) and ת (Es. 9:29) are highlighted by their size. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 11.

To almost all ל letters appearing in the words המלך occurring at the head of the text columns, a decorative stroke is added.

The text is printed, therefore the scroll lacks ruling and pricking.

Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon

None

Scribal Notes
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Summary and Remarks

Another number of the scroll: 2001/0567.

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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

The images of the scroll are available on https://collections.jewishmuseum.cz/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/221895# (accessed on 06.12.2020).

No bibliography on the scroll is available.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Author of description
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
M002576