Megillat Ester

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Artist

Unknown Artist

Title

Megillat Ester

Other Title(s)

Scroll of Esther

Physical Description

1 scroll : parchment ; 141 cm
Date

[1750?]
Place of Publication

[Fürth, Germany]
Summary

The Megillat Ester (Scroll of Esther) is a 141 cm long parchment, bearing the traditional Hebrew text from the biblical Book of Esther, framed by artistic color renderings of the story’s protagonists, locations and events.
Subject

Bible, Esther, Illustrations; Bible, Esther, Manuscripts; Fasts and feasts, Judaism; Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts, Hebrew; Parchment; Purim, Liturgy, Texts
Medium

Drawings; Manuscripts
Part Of

Fuerth Jewish Community Collection, AR 994
Accession Number
URL

https://www.lbi.org/griffinger/record/5508264

Biographical/Historical Information

The Scroll of Esther from the Bavarian town of Fürth was written by an unknown scribe around the year 1750 and belonged to the local Jewish community. It is not known, when and how the scroll was brought to New York.

The Book of Esther is publicly read in synagogues around the world during the Jewish festival of Purim (on a full moon in February or March) and has been copied traditionally on scrolls of paper, parchment, linen or other materials. Artistic renditions like in this example were added occasionally.

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Unknown Artist: Megillat Ester, Leo Baeck Institute, AR 994 A.

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