Img. ID: 346158
The scroll opens with a prefatory panel containing 11 smaller panels with narrative scenes or heroes of the Esther story that are placed in 4 rows:
1. On the left - king's courtiers, in the center - enthroned King Ahasuerus, on the right - a drummer with another man.
2. On the left - Mordecai at the palace gate (Es. 2:19 or 2:21), in the center - benediction panel, on the right - the execution of Queen Vashti (not mentioned in the Book of Esther).
3. On the left - gallows built for Mordecai (Es. 5:14) or Haman hanged (some remnants of a human figure can be noticed in the image), in the center - benediction panel, on the right - the kings gives his ring either to Haman (Es. 3:10) or to Mordecai
The oval one, in the center, is dedicated to the initial benedictions and all remaining panels are filled with narrative scenes from the Book of Esther. This composition is based on two groups of popular scrolls with printed borders produced in Amsterdam in the early 18th century (in the Index see "scrolls with landscapes" and "scrolls with portrait medallions").
V | Vase | Vase with flowers
B | Basket | Basket with flowers
P | Putto (Putti in Plural)
L | Landscape
E | Eagle
E | Eagle | Eagle heraldic
A | Acanthus Leaf
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | *Esther's Story Characters (depicted not in narrative scenes): | Ahasuerus enthroned
M | Musician
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | King and his courtiers (Es. 1:10)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Mordecai at the king's gate (Es. 2:19 and/or 2:21)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Execution of Vashti - beheading
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Gallows built for Mordecai (Es. 5:14)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Haman hanged (Es. 7:10)
E | Esther, Book of (following the order of the story) | Ahasuerus handing his ring to Haman (Es. 3:10)
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