Acanthus Leaf
Columns
Vase
Landscape
Architectonic motif
Garland
Floral motif
Bust (Human figure)
Supporters
Mordecai's triumph (Es. 6:11)
Esther's second banquet (Es. 7:1)
Ahasuerus returns from the palace garden (Es. 7:8)
Haman falling on Esther's bed (Es. 7:8)
Gallows built for Mordecai (Es. 5:14)
New decree allowing the Jews to defend themselves (Es. 8:8-10)
Ahasuerus' messenger(s) (Es. 8:14) |
Text column no. 14 (sheet no. 4): In the upper margin, a bust of a young woman with a flower in the hand is depicted. In the frame placed in the lower margin, Mordecai in royal apparel riding on horseback, and is led by Haman (Es. 6:11). In the background, several buildings are visible.
Text column no. 15 (sheet no. 4): In the upper margin, a bust of a man wearing a typical Jewish dress - Mordecai - is depicted. In the frame placed in the lower margin, the second banquet given by Esther is depicted (Es. 7:1). The king and Haman are seated at a table together with the queen. A servant is approaching the table with a tray.
Text column no. 16 (sheet no. 4): In the upper margin, a bust of a young man (one of the princes of Media and Persia listed in Es. 1:14?) is depicted. In the frame placed in the lower margin, on the right, on a bed with a canopy reclines Esther. Haman is falling on the bed while he is begging the queen for his life and this happens at the moment when the king returns from the palace gardens (Es. 7:8); he is shown on the left. In the small rectangular window, a gallows is visible; this is the same gallows that Haman built for Mordecai (Es. 5:14) and its presence here suggests the upcoming death of Haman (Es. 7:10).
Text column no. 17 (sheet no. 5): In the upper margin, a bust of the king with a scepter in the hand is depicted. In the frame placed in the lower margin, on the right, a table with three scribes seated at it is shown; most likely they write the decree allowing the Jews to defend themselves (Es. 8:8-10). On the left, two messengers of the king are going to deliver the new decree (Es. 8:14).
In the octagons separating the frames are depicted (from right to left): 1) palace (?) gardens, 2) a carillon, 3) a landscape with hills and a castle (?).