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© Dagmara Budzioch, Photographer: Budzioch, Dagmara, 11.2015

Text column no. 7 (sheet no. 3) is surrounded by hand-painted decorations.

Name/Title
JMNY Esther Scroll with Polylobed Text Panels and Floral Decoration | Unknown
Object Detail
col. 7
Settings
Unknown
Date
18th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Ink and paints on parchment + wood
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
The scroll: ca. 242 x ca. 3885 mm.
The length of the sheets in the scroll: 1) ca. 700 mm, 2) 540 mm, 3) 570 mm, 4) 550 mm, 5) 570 mm, 6) 535 mm, 7) ca. 420 mm.
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- text column: 130x75 mm;
- an average letter: 3 mm;
- letters in col. 17: 6 mm;
- spaces between the lines of the text: 3 mm.

The roller: ca. 400 mm (hight).
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition

The text in the scroll is preserved in poor condition; the ink is faded, in others has flaked off, therefore, in some places, the text is barely visible.

The decorations are in better condition but some damage can be noticed in them. Even in the most damaged sheet, the first, the decoration is preserved, albeit with faded paints.

The last membrane is torn.

Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew

Codicology

The scroll is formed of 7 sheets containing 20 columns of the text with 21-23 lines each, except for col. 17 with has 11 lines divided into two half-columns.

The first six sheets contain 3 text columns and the last sheet contains two columns.

The text is inscribed in Hebrew Italian square script with tagin, in black ink on the parchment membranes, which are rather thin and stiff.

The letter ח (Es. 1:6) is highlighted by its form - it is formed of two elements joined with a roof, it is enlarged and decorated with two tagin. The letter ת (Es. 9:29) is enlarged and bolded. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 17.

Numerous letters in col. 16 are elongated.

The ruling and pricking are invisible.

The membranes in the scroll are stitched together.

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
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks

Small nails were used to join the scroll to a roller.

Light green pigment in the scrolls' decorations could be the remnant of gold paint that has flaked off.

Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

No bibliography on the scroll is available.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
Author of description
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
M003054