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© ''Ursula and Kurt Schubert Archive'' in the Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown, -, Negative/Photo. No. M600377.
Name/Title
HLB Esther Scroll with Landscapes II | Unknown
Object Detail
cols. 9-11
Date
early 18th century
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Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Unknown
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Location
Unknown | 8º A 6
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Scrolls with landscapes|
{"214":"The family of Dutch Esther scrolls from the early 18th century designed by an anonymous engraver whose decorative scheme is characterized by four different landscapes framed in cartouches of different shapes that fill upper margins. The scrolls of this family begin with a panel composed of several figurative scenes from the Book of Esther narrative. The text columns are interspaced by the columns decorated with reliefs, elaborate acanthus leaves and garlands above which are either decorative capitals or putti holding the baskets with flowers on their heads. Lower margins are filled with the figurative scenes that chronicle the Purim story or allude to midrashim and other sources; they are interspersed by vases with plants. The same decoration repeats on all four sheets forming each manuscript. Some of their exemplars are painted by hand. "}
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Ink on parchment
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Description

In the upper margin, landscapes nos. 1, 2, and 3 are printed and in the lower margin, there are frames nos. 9-11.

Frame 9: On the left, the king sits on the throne under a canopy and before him, stands a man who is reading from an open book (Es. 6:1-3). On the right and in the background, the palace garden is depicted.

Frame 10: Mordecai in royal apparel riding on horseback and is led by Haman (Es. 6:11). In the background, several buildings are visible.

Frame 11: The second banquet given by Esther is depicted (Es. 7:1). Together with the queen, the king and Haman are seated at a table. A servant is approaching the table with a tray.

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Contents
Book of Esther in Hebrew with benedictions
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
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Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
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Façade (main)
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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
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Summary and Remarks

This image belongs to the ''Ursula and Kurt Schubert Archive'' in the Center for Jewish Art.

The description was made solely on the basis of the images, with no access to the manuscript itself.

There are two variants of the scrolls decorated with this pattern that in the Index are marked "I" and "II". In some exemplars, just below the decorative herms, the pedestals with angel's heads and bases were added, therefore, the text panels are higher; this type is marked with "II". Whereas, the rest of the manuscripts containing no pedestals with angel's heads and bases are marked with "I". The latter are more numerous.

Similar narrative scenes are included in the scrolls with "portrait medallions" (see their descriptions in the Index); some of them are their mirror image.

The earliest scroll sharing similar engraved pattern is dated to 1701; this is the megillah BCM 25 from the Braginsky Collection in Zurich (see http://braginskycollection.com/esther-scrolls/; accessed on 22.04.2020).

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Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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