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The following description was prepared by William Gross:

This scroll is that of Ruth, with finely detailed decoration, including gold leaf. The scroll was apparently ordered by Mahrein in the 20's. There are a few scrolls known with this type of fine decoration. The Mahrein store in Jerusalem was one of the main tourist and antique stores in the city before the creation of the State in 1948. It seems that the couple who owned it would employ artists who were either studying in or had graduated from the Bezalel School to make illuminated scrolls. Sometimes, as in this case, the scrolls are completely original.  At other times, an existing scribe-written Megillah would be given to the artist to embellish. In many cases Mahrein would create a special case for the scrolls, usually in some quite elaborate form bordering on fantasy, or made from some existing object converted to a scroll case.

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Object
Object Detail
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Date
circa 1925
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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Collection
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Material / Technique
Parchment, Ink, Paint, Gold Leaf, Written, Painted, Gilded
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Measurements
Height: 7.3 cm, Length: 70.5 cm
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Extant
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Surveyed by CJA
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Textual Content
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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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
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Colophon
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Author of description
William Gross |
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Negative/Photo. No.
Gross_082.012.002