Torah scroll. [Israel, 20th century].

Ink on paper. Vellish (Sephardic) script.

Placed in wooden case, coated in velvet and gilt metal.

Height of sheets: 55 cm. Good condition. Several scribal corrections throughout book. Maximum height of case: approx. 100 cm.

Leaf from a parchment machzor manuscript. [Ashkenazic lands, ca. 14th century].

Large-format parchment leaf. Square Ashkenazic script, vocalized, on both sides of leaf. Letters in large script, 17 lines per page.

This leaf was reused as a binding or a folder, but is preserved almost in its entirety, apart from several defects and tears.

The leaf features a section from a kerovah piyyut by R. Moshe son of R. Kalonymus, recited in Ashkenazic communities at Shacharit of the eighth day of Pesach, from the kiklar piyyut Chacham Lev VeAmitz Koach.

[1] parchment leaf. 36.5X50.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Punctures, open tears and defects, affecting several words.

Large-format Esther scroll. [Italy, apparently Rome, late 17th century].

Ink and paint on parchment; wood, turned and carved.

Esther scroll written on 6 parchment sheets sewn together, 21 lines of text, 21 lines per column. Serifs (Tagim). Sewn to tall wooden handle, with a crown-like decoration topped by a large bud.

At outer edge of scroll, large family coat of arms – an erect lion holding a branch in its front paw, resting its back paw on a wheel (perhaps the Bondi family coat of arms) – within a decorated, framed cartouche and surrounded by a wide, colorful architectural frame composed of a pair of pillars, a parapet balustrade and frieze illustrated with flowers and fruits. At end of scroll, large illustration added at a later date (apparently from the 20th century), depicting King Ahasuerus and Mordechai, with a frame matching that of the former illustration.

Height of parchment: 33.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fading of ink and paint. Stains throughout scroll. Outer edge of scroll worn and stained, as usual, with tear of approx. 3 cm. Height of roller: 61 cm. Overall good condition, two open cracks to upper decoration.

Esther scroll, rolled on its original handle, with accompanying sheet of blessings. [Holland, 19th century].

Ink on parchment (Gevil); green satin fabric.

Large-format Esther scroll, written on eight light brown gevil parchment sheets; 24 columns, 19 lines per column. Occasional tagin on designated letters.

A high-quality scroll, with its first two sheets sewn to green satin fabric. Rolled on the original decorative wooden handle. Accompanied by a separate sheet of blessings, containing the blessings recited before and after the reading of the megillah. At the end of the blessings appears the scribe’s signature: “MiYad Yitzchak Sofer”.

Parchment height: 32.5 cm. Overall good condition. Some seams between sheets partially unraveled; tears and wear to edges of first satin sheet; one fabric strap lacking. Handle height: 53 cm. Some breaks and losses. Blessings sheet: 32X21 cm. Good condition.

Esther scroll housed in a decorated silver case. [Poland, ca. mid-19th century].

Silver, cast and engraved (marked with fineness mark “12”); filigree; parcel-gilt; glass and gemstone insets; ink on parchment.

“HaMelekh” Esther scroll (most columns begin with the word HaMelekh), written on four parchment sheets sewn one to the other; 17 text columns, 22 lines per column, with tagin on designated letters.

Housed in a large cylindrical parcel-gilt silver case, wrapped in two wide bands of openwork silver filigree in geometric and vegetal designs, set with colorful glass stones and turquoise cabochons. The case is topped with a silver crown and additional vegetal ornamentation. A rectangular silver pull-bar with a twisted silver strap is sewn to the beginning of the first sheet.

Parchment height: 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor staining, creases and wear, mostly to the first sheet. Case height (including handle): 44 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes and bends; gilding worn. Placed in a later cylindrical cardboard case covered in fabric.