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Obj. ID: 55229
  Printed Books  Matzevat Mordekhai ha-Tzadik ve-Esther ha-Malka, Jerusalem, circa 1910

© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: Bar Hama, Ardon,

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

A page printed by Monsohn in Jerusalem with the unusual subject of the tomb of Mordechai and Esther. One other manuscript page with this subject is in the Gross Family Collection, 039.011.002. The illustration shows the tomb and an inscribed stone with a dedication from 1859.

One of the rarer types of decoration made for the holiday of Purim is an illustration, or plan, of the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther, in present-day Iran in the city of Hamadan. Such sheets were probably originally painted there and then later in Eretz Israel as well. There are several printed items referring to the tomb, which still exists today and can be visited. When the Jewish community was larger, it was the primary pilgrimage site for the Jews in Iran and still is for those who remain.

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Matzevat Mordekhai ha-Tzadik ve-Ester ha-Malka | Unknown
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Date
circa 1910
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Monsohn, A. L., Lithograph in Jerusalem (1870-1930)
{"3238":"Monsohn was the first printer of color stone lithograph in the Holy Land. Initially, Monsohn could not get permission to open a letterpress publishing shop by the Ottoman authorities, who felt there were already enough printers in Jerusalem. Monsohn went to Germany in 1890 to learn the art of stone lithography. He returned, established his press in 1892, and remained the only multicolored printer through the 1920s."}
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Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 23.8 cm FRAMED
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