Obj. ID: 37885
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts JML Ornamented Esther Scroll with a Coat of Arms, Ancona, 1831
The right edge of the first membrane is trimmed into a decorative shape; to its tip, a short ribbon is attached. The opening part is filled with a floral ornament that surrounds a cartouche with a coat of arms composed of a rampant lion holding a palm branch (?) in its front legs. The Hebrew text of the Book of Esther is inscribed in double panels that are separated by floral decoration. The upper and lower margins adorn repeating motifs, similar to these filling the opening part of the scroll. In the last panel, there is a colophon in which the scribe - Gamaliel the son of Yeshaya Menachem Zalman of Lugo - says that he copied the megillah for Shlomo Moshe Sonino.
A separate benediction sheet is added to the scroll; it is decorated with the same motifs as the scroll itself.
The scroll is mounted on a wooden roller that originally was painted.