Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- illustration no. 1: 36x62 mm;
- illustration no. 3: 36x38 mm;
- an average letter: around 1,5 mm (height).
The case: 190 mm (height), 50 mm (diameter).
Both, the scroll and the case, are well preserved.
The second illustration shows Esther in the palace accompanied by her maidens. She seats on a low wooden stool and in front of her, a maid with a large mirror is kneeling. She is attended by two other women holding vessels (possible containers with oils, balms, and perfumes) and the third woman holds an unidentified thing in her hands. The scene is labeled ויבהל את תמרוקיה ואת מנותה ‒ "(…) and he speedily gave her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her (…)" (Es. 2:9).
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
Text is printed on 8 parchment membranes with a total of 30 text columns with 14 lines per each, except for the column containing the Haman's sons section written in 11 lines divided into two half-columns.
The scroll features a mixture of Persian miniatures with Western-orientalist symbolic elements that was characteristic for Raban's works.
No bibliography on the scroll is available.
For more information on the artist see Zeev Raban (Ravitzki), Information Center for Israeli Art, https://museum.imj.org.il (30.12.2019).
Some works of Zeev Raban are available on: Zeev Raban, Artists, http://www.artnet.com (30.12.2019).