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Name/Title
Museo Sefardí Benedictions Sheet for Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
benedictions sheet
Date
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
Period Detail
Collection
Spain | Toledo | Museo Sefardí
| 1416/001
Category
Material/Technique
Ink and paints on parchment + cardboard
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Colors
Construction material
Measurements
The sheet: 280x720 mm.
The cardboard base: 4 mm (thickness).
Height
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Axis
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Condition

The sheet is preserved in good condition although paints are worn off in some places.

At present gold paint is rather brown.

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
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Description

The separate benediction sheet is adorned with a composition of four ornamented arches. The columns' shafts are filled with floral motives and small bouquets are placed between the arches. The whole composition is surrounded by a gold frame. The parchment sheet on a cardboard base is placed.

Within the first arch (from the right to the left), the initial benedictions for the Megillah reading are inscribed. In the second, the final benediction and the Purim poem ארור המן ("Arur Haman") appear. Two remaining arches are filled with the piyyut קוראי מגילה ("Korei Megillah"). Every benediction and stanza of the poem starts with an enlarged gold word.

Custom
Contents

The initial and final benedictions for the Megillah reading and the complete text of the liturgical poems for Purim ארור המן ("Arur Haman") and קוראי מגילה ("Korei Megillah")

Codicology

The text is inscribed in the Hebrew square Italian-Sephardi script.

Every benediction and stanza of the poem starts with an enlarged gold word, written separately from the rest of the text.

The benedictions contain a ligature of א and ל letters. The Tetragrammaton is replaced by a composition of two letters י with an elongated and bent flag of ל letter and a leg of א letter. 

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

The inscription in Hebrew: יוסף ישראל משען יצ''ו (Josef Israel Mishan) is included in a decorative "base" of the central column separating the text.

Watermark
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks

The benedictions inscribed on separate decorated sheets were typical for Jewish communities of the Apennine Peninsula; for their examples see "Related objects".

History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

A short description of the manuscript in Spanish and its images are available on http://ceres.mcu.es (16.10.2020).

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2020
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