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  Estense Isaac Nataf Esther Scroll, Italy, second half of the 17th century

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown,

The scroll opens with a Hebrew inscription inscribed in the circle.

The text is inscribed in panels that are separated by twisted columns. The lower margins are filled with the narrative scenes from the Book of Esther that are included in the rectangular frames with semicircles on either side. The frames are interspersed by the columns' bases.

Summary and Remarks

On the opening section, three library stamps are visible.

On the opening part of the scroll there is a Hebrew inscription:

הגביר כהר שמואל יצו בכה הגביר המרומם הר' יצחק נטף יצו יזייא

Icchak Nataf is the author of ושבועתו ליצחק

published in Livrono in 1825 (https://www.hebrewbooks.org/9053)

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Name/Title
Estense Isaac Nataf Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
second half of the 17th century
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Artist/ Maker
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Origin
Historical Origin
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Community type
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Location
Italy | Emilia Romagna | Modena | Estense University Library
| Ms. Gamma. F. 7.15 (App. 895)
Site
Unknown
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Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Italy | Modena | Estense University Library | Campori Collection
| Ms. Gamma. F. 7.15 (App. 895)
Documentation / Research project
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Material / Technique
Ink and paints on parchment
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ca. 80 mm
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
Codicology

The text is inscribed in a square Italian script in 19 text panels, in 20 columns containing 13 lines each. Panel no. 16 is an exception and contains 2 columns: one of them is the column listing the names of Haman's ten sons inscribed in the most populat layout.  

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Hebrew Numeration
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Colophon
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Sources

Carlo Bernheimer, Catalogo dei manoscritti orientali della Biblioteca Estense, Roma 1960, 88, object 8.

Type
Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Author of description
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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