Obj. ID: 39062
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts Ets Haim Esther Scroll with a Single Human Figure, The Netherlands, 17th/18th century
The only decoration in the scroll - a standing figure of a Jewish man - is painted on the right edge of the first membrane. The second decoration was incorporated in the eleventh column of text but currently, only some colorful traces can be noticed in this place.
The scroll is mounted on a wooden roller with ivory finials.
Not all columns of text are of the same size.
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sub-set tree:
The length of the sheets in the scroll: 1) 600 mm, 2) 565 mm, 3) 590 mm, 4) 565 mm, 5) 200 mm.
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- an average text column: 240x160 mm;
- an average letter: 5 mm (height);
- spaces between the lines of the text: 4 mm.
The manuscript is well preserved.
The decoration from the eleventh column is erased.
The finials of the roller are damaged.
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
The scroll is formed of 5 sheets containing 13 columns of the text with 29 lines each, except for col. 11 with 11 lines divided into two parts.
The first four membranes contain 3 columns of text and the last one contains a single column of text.
The text is inscribed in the Amsterdam letters with tagin, in dense black ink on the flesh side of the parchment membranes that are stiff.
The letters ח (Es. 1:6) and ת (Es. 9:29) are enlarged. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 11.
The ruling - made with a hardpoint - is barely visible.
The pricking is visible on the right edge of the first membrane and on the left edge of the last membrane.
The membranes in the scroll are stitched together.
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No bibliography on the manuscript is available.