Obj. ID: 39469
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts MOIJA Coat of Arms Esther Scroll, Italy, late 18th century
The only decoration in the scroll is painted on its opening section. This is a coat of arms composed of two rampant lions flanking a palm tree. Due to the Jewish family emblems were informal, it happens that the same or very similar emblems were used by different families. In this case, it can be related to the Tedeschi family but a similar emblem was also used by the Foa family. The coat of arms is placed within a cartouche topped with a helmet and decorated with ribbons.
The scroll is mounted on a carved wooden roller.
Other Esther scrolls or benedictions sheets decorated with the various coats of arms are listed among the "Related objects".
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sub-set tree:
The roller: 580 mm (height).
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
The scroll is formed of 8 membranes containing a total of 37 columns of 14 (?) lines each.
The text is written in Hebrew square Italian script with tagin in brown ink on the flesh side of the parchment membranes.
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No bibliography on the scroll is available.
A short description of the manuscript and its image are available on https://museums.gov.il/en/items/Pages/ItemCard.aspx?IdItem=ICMS-EIT-0642 (accessed on 28.06.2021).