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© Dagmara Budzioch, Photographer: Budzioch, Dagmara, 05.2015, Negative/Photo. No. M002283.
Name/Title
MOIJA Esther Scroll with A Cut-Out Border | Unknown
Object Detail
cols. 1-3
Date
Second half of the 18th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community
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Location
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
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Category
Material/Technique
Ink on parchment + wood
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
The scroll: 90x4480 mm.
Lenght of the sheets in the scroll: 1) 450 mm, 2) 655 mm, 3) 560 mm, 4) 580 mm, 5) 555 mm, 6) 590 mm, 7) 520 mm, 8) 570 mm.
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- text panel: 33x86 mm;
- spaces between the text columns: 25 mm;
- decorations in the upper margins: 14 mm;
- decorations in the lower margins: 24 mm;
- an average letter: 2 mm;
- letter ח in Es. 1:6: 4 mm;
- spaces between the lines of the text: 2-3 mm.

The roller: ca. 235 mm (height).
Height
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Iconographical Subject
Condition

The first membrane is seriously damaged, especially the upper part of it which lacks a large fragment of it and it is repaired with a piece of parchment glued underneath.

At the end of the second sheet, there is a big stain.

Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Description

The first and the second text columns (sheet no. 1) containing verses Es. 1:1-16 are decorated with partly preserved cut-out patterns of foliate scrolls and flowers.

Custom
Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew

Codicology

The scroll is composed of 8 sheets containing 40 columns of the text with 8 lines except for col. 34 with 11 lines divided into two half-columns.

The text is inscribed in the Hebrew square Italian script in black ink on the flesh side of parchment membranes that are of a mid-thickness but stiff.

The number of the columns per membrane: sheet no. 1 - 4, no. 2 - 6, no. 3 - 5, no. 4 - 6, nos. 5-7 - 5, no. 8 - 4.

The letter ח (Es. 1:6) is marked by its size and form (contains two parts joined with a roof). The letter ת (Es. 9:29) is enlarged and bolded. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 34.

In col. 34, all names of Haman's sons are of the same width; similarly, as the repeating words ואת are written in a column of the same width. Neither the word ish nor עשרת are elongated.

The last column in the scroll is narrowing downwards.

The ruling was probably done in two ways: drawn with a pencil (vertical lines marking the text panels and possibly vertical lines in a part of the scrolls) and marked with a stylus (a part of the scroll, e.g. on sheet no. 5). 

The first and second sheets are glued, whereas all others are stitched together.

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

To the right edge of the first membrane, a long strip of red fabric is stitched.

Only a part of the scroll is decorated with cut-out designs. Some parts of the scroll are undecorated, on some other fragments, sketches in pencil are visible but the pattern is not cut out, whereas in some other cases only a part of the drawing is cut out. This suggests that the copying of the text was the first stage in the production of the megillah and its ornamentation was executed after it. 

History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

No bibliography on the scroll is available.

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Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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