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© Dagmara Budzioch, Photographer: Budzioch, Dagmara, 11.2015, Negative/Photo. No. M003015.
Name/Title
JMNY Illustrated Esther Scroll with Araches and Floral Border | Unknown
Object Detail
prefatory panel and cols. 1 and 2
Date
18th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
Period Detail
Category
Material/Technique
Ink and paints on parchment + metal
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Unknown
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
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Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition

The third benediction is barely visible.

Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
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
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Description

The scroll opens with a rectangular prefatory panel containing initial benedictions. The opening word of the first blessing is written in large letters in a triangle tympanum. that is followed by the columns of text written within arches. They are decorated with various floral motifs and they are separated by columns filled with a variety of motifs including. Between the arches can be the king seated on a throne with a goblet in his hand, Haman with a saber named in Hebrew - המן, a hanged man who is named in Hebrew too, but the inscription is barely visible (he can be Bigthan). Below the first two depictions are several temple implements and two fish, and below the last depiction, a rooster, and a Jewish man with tefillin on his head while praying is shown. In the lower margin, besides floral motifs, a hunting scene is shown.

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Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew preceded by the initial benedictions for the Megillah reading.

Codicology

The columns of text in the scroll contain 23 lines each. The lines fit the shape and size of the panels and they vary in length.

The text is written in Hebrew square Ashkenazi stam script with tagin in dark brown ink on parchment membranes that are rather suede, and grey.

The letter ח (Es. 1:6) and ת (Es. 9:29) is highlighted by its form and size. It is larger than an average letter in the scroll, formed of two parts joined with a roof, and decorated with scrolled feet.

The four letters of the name of God are enlarged and bolded.

The ruling is slightly visible.

The pricking is invisible.

The membranes in the scroll 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

The scroll features details painted in intense yellow color.

The text panels vary in width.

History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

No bibliography on the scroll is available.

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Full Name
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Type
Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
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