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Obj. ID: 39459  Coat of Arms Benedictions Sheet for Esther Scroll

© Umberto Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art (IJAM), Photographer: Unknown, 2021.

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Coat of Arms Benedictions Sheet for Esther Scroll | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
second half of the 17th century
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Ink and tempera on parchment
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Description

A separate benedictions sheet is decorated with a stylized floral border and columns that frame each section of the text. There are four panels and in the first of them on the right, a decorative cartouche with a family coat of arms appears. On it a rooster holding a branch in its beak is depicted that was a symbol of the Luzzati, Modigliani, and Gallico families.

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Contents

Benedictions recited before and after the Megillah reading that are followed by two liturgical poems for Purim

Codicology

The texts are written in 3 panels with different number of lines.

Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
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Temp: Architecture Axis
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Signature
Colophon
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History/Provenance

Gift of Shalom Vogelmann from Florence.

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Documenter
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
Researcher
Dagmara Budzioch | 2021
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