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  JMP Fragment of Eliyahu Sinigo Esther Scroll, Italy, 1813/1814

© Jewish Museum in Prague (JMP), Photographer: N/A, -

At present only one membrane of the scroll is preserved. It contains 8 panels with the benedictions, a portion of the piyut שושנת יעקב, the owner's inscription, and the first chapter of the Book of Esther. The first panel is narrower than all other panels in the membrane. The upper and lower margins as well as the spaces between the text panels are decorated with foliate and floral ornaments. In one place, a face (mask?) is depicted. 

Summary and Remarks

The name of the scroll's owner derives from the name of the town Sinigo (Germ. Sinich), which is presently a district of Merano.

It can be assumed that this was an owner-made manuscript.

The former number of the manuscript is Ms 418.

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JMP Fragment of Eliyahu Sinigo Esther Scroll | Unknown
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Date
1813/1814
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Ink and watercolor on parchment
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The only remaining sheet of the scroll: 70x600 mm
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Condition
The only preserved part of the manuscript is in fair condition. The first 4 panels containing the benedictions, the poem, the owner's inscription, and the section until Es. 1:6 are preserved in a worse condition than the rest of the membrane. This is especially visible in the decorations, where the sheet is crumpled.
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Ornamentation
Custom
Contents

Initial and final benedictions, a liturgical poem "שושנת יעקב", owner's note, and a fragment of the Book of Esther (Es. 1:1-2:1).

Codicology

Benedictions: The first two panels contain the benediction and a liturgical poem. Every benediction starts from an enlarged word ברוך that is written separately, on the right side. They are written with alef-lamed ligatures, and the Tetragrammaton is inscribed as two letters י and a sign resembling the top of the letter ל. 

Megillah: The sheet contains the first 5 columns with the text of the Book of Esther with 12 lines each.

The text is inscribed in Italian Hebrew square script, in dark brown ink, on the flesh side of the parchment membrane.

The hair side of the membrane is rather yellow and hair traces are well visible on it.

The letter ח (Es. 1:6) is highlighted by its size (it is larger than an average letter in the sheet) and form (this is the only letter ח containing two elements joined with a roof).

The membranes in the scroll were stitched; the remains of the sewing are visible on the left edge of the membrane.

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Façade (main)
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Colophon

In the panel placed between the benediction panels and the beginning of the Book of Esther, a Hebrew inscription of the former owner of the manuscript is penned:

המגילה שלי אני אליהו בר משה מרדכי סיניגא שנת התקעד

"This is my megillah, I am Elijahu, son of Moses Mordecai Sinigo, in the year 5574 [1813/1814]"

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History/Provenance
In the collection of the pre-war Jewish Museum in Prague (1906-1940). It belonged to Judaic objects gathered by the Nazis during 1942-1945.
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Sources

Olga Sixtova, O svitku / Form of the Scroll [katalog k výstavě konané v Galerii Roberta Guttmanna Židovského muzea v Praze od 22. června do 26. července 2006], Praha 2006, 31.

Two images of the scroll are available on http://collections.jewishmuseum.cz/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/221268 (accessed on 21.10.2020).

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