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© Dagmara Budzioch, Photographer: Budzioch, Dagmara, 11.2015, Negative/Photo. No. M003019.
Name/Title
JMNY Esther Scroll with Zodiac, Israelite Tribes, and Lions | Unknown
Object Detail
sheet 1 (cols. 1-4)
Date
19th/20th centuries
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
Category
Material/Technique
Ink and paints on parchment
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
The scroll: 285 x ca. 1395 mm.
Length of the sheets in the scroll: 1) 580 mm, 2) 590 mm, 3) ca. 225 mm.
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- a segment of decoration with two lions and a medallion: 30x130 mm;
- twisted columns: ca. 220 mm (height);
- text columns are of different width, between less than 80 mm and up to 150 mm;
- an average letter: 2,5 mm (height);
- letters in col. 9: 8-9 mm;
- spaces between the lines of the text: 3 mm.
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Condition

In general, the manuscript is in good condition, although the rather suede surface of the sheets has caused both ink and paint to flake off in some places.

The membranes are rather dirty and dusty.

The decorations of the lower margins are preserved in worse condition than those on the upper margins.

The lower margin of the first membrane is torn in one place.

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
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Description

The first sheet in the scroll contains four columns of the text (nos. 1-4) surrounded by hand-painted decoration. The medallions in the upper margin include the signs of the Zodiac: Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius (a part of which is painted on the second membrane). The figures placed in the ovals on the twisted columns cannot be identified clearly because they have no attributes and some of them are similar to each other. They could be the king, Queen Vashti, Haman, Queen Esther, and Haman again (a man can be also one of the king's courtiers or princes of Media and Persia listed in Es. 1:10 and Es. 1:14). The cartouches in the lower margin include the symbols of the Israelite tribes. The first two of them cannot be recognized; they are followed by the symbols of the Asher, Judah, and Issachar tribes.

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Contents

The Book of Esther in Hebrew

Codicology

The scroll is formed of 3 sheets, in total containing 10 columns of text with 36 or 37 lines each, except for col. 9 which has 11 lines divided into two half-columns.

The number of text columns per sheet: no. 1 - 4, no. 2 - 5, no. 3 - 1.

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

The letters ח (Es. 1:6) and ת (Es. 9:29) are enlarged and bolded. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 9.

The ruling – horizontal and vertical lines - is made with a hard point, along with the sheets. The lines are especially visible on the blank opening section of the scroll.

The pricking is visible on the right edge of the first sheet.

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

Some details are painted in gold and silver paints.

History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

No bibliography on the scroll is available.

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Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
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