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The third illustration shows four servants bowing before Haman who is a central figure of the composition. On the right, sits Mordecai who does not bow to the vizier. The scene is labeled ומרדכי לא יכרע ולא ישתחוה ‒ "but Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence." (Es. 3:3).
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- illustration no. 1: 36x62 mm;
- illustration no. 3: 36x38 mm;
- an average letter: around 1,5 mm (height).
The case: 190 mm (height), 50 mm (diameter).
Both, the scroll and the case, are well preserved.
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
Text is printed on 8 parchment membranes with a total of 30 text columns with 14 lines per each, except for the column containing the Haman's sons section written in 11 lines divided into two half-columns.
The scroll features a mixture of Persian miniatures with Western-orientalist symbolic elements that was characteristic for Raban's works.
No bibliography on the scroll is available.
For more information on the artist see Zeev Raban (Ravitzki), Information Center for Israeli Art, https://museum.imj.org.il (30.12.2019).
Some works of Zeev Raban are available on: Zeev Raban, Artists, http://www.artnet.com (30.12.2019).