[Scroll of Esther with the blessings for recital before and after reading the scroll], 1750?

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Title: [Scroll of Esther with the blessings for recital before and after reading the scroll], 1750?
Alternative Title: Bible. O.T. Esther. Hebrew. 1750.
Blessings for recital before and after reading the scroll of Esther
Megilat Ester
מגילת אסתר
Published / Created: Undated
Abstract: Scroll on vellum. Made about 1750?, at Brody, in Austrian Poland. Minute calligraphic square characters with the names of Haman's sons enlarged and the blessings for recital before and after the reading of the scroll also enlarged. Colored border with several miniatures worked into it. The Jewish dramatis personae are clad in caftans, while Haman and his entourage wear 18th century Polish-Austrian costumes. Colophon : nikhtav poh ḳ.ḳ Brod. There is some water damage to the images at the beginning of the scroll.
Description: From the Sholem Asch collection, gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1943.
Hebrew (unvocalized).
Extent: 1 strip , 16 x 59.5 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew

Format: mixed material
Genre: Scrolls
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Brody (Ukraine)--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Topic): Bible.--O.T.--Esther--Illustrations.
Purim--Liturgy--Texts.
Scrolls--Ukraine--Brody.

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Citation: Scroll of Esther, Hebrew +93 17. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.