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Name/Title
Estense Isaac Nataf Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
col. 12
Date
second half of the 17th century
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Collection
Italy | Modena | Estense University Library | Campori Collection
| Ms. Gamma. F. 7.15 (App. 895)
Category
Material/Technique
Ink and paints on parchment
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
ca. 80 mm
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Depth
Circumference
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Weight
Axis
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Description

On the right, Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman sit at the laid banquet table (Es. 7:1). On the left, the crowned Ahasuerus with his right hand raised stands in the palace garden whose presence is suggested by two cypress trees (alludes to Es. 7:8).

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Contents
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
Codicology

The text is inscribed in a square Italian script in 19 text panels, in 20 columns containing 13 lines each. Panel no. 16 is an exception and contains 2 columns: one of them is the column listing the names of Haman's ten sons inscribed in the most populat layout.  

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
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks

On the opening section, three library stamps are visible.

On the opening part of the scroll there is a Hebrew inscription:

הגביר כהר שמואל יצו בכה הגביר המרומם הר' יצחק נטף יצו יזייא

Icchak Nataf is the author of ושבועתו ליצחק

published in Livrono in 1825 (https://www.hebrewbooks.org/9053)

History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

Carlo Bernheimer, Catalogo dei manoscritti orientali della Biblioteca Estense, Roma 1960, 88, object 8.

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Volume
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Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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