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© Centre de la Culture Judéo-Marocaine (CCJM), Photographer: Azhar Idrissi, Anass El, -, Negative/Photo. No. M003319.
Name/Title
CCJM Hanging of Haman Paper Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
1900
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Morocco
| south
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Ink and paints on paper
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Measurements
The scroll: 150x1950 mm.
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Description

At right, Haman hangs from a large gallows, while at left the sons of Haman hang from one gallows in an unusual chain. Each of them appear to be holding weapons. The names of the ten sons of Haman, in the typical scribal layout, surround the gallows from which they hang.

Custom
Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew

Codicology

The scroll is formed of 3 paper sheets and every column includes 13 lines.

Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Signature
Colophon

None

Scribal Notes
Watermark
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
History/Provenance

Found in Morocco

Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

The scroll is shown on https://www.judaisme-marocain.org/objets_popup.php?id=21596 (accessed on 24.04.2021).

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Documenter
| 2021
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
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