Parchment Esther Scroll – Italy, 1768 – Illustrated Family Coat of Arms

Esther scroll. [Italy], 1768.

Ink on parchment. Italian Stam (Vellish) script. Written on eight parchment membranes sewn

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Parchment Esther Scroll – Italy, 1768 – Illustrated Family Coat of Arms

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Jan 27, 2026

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Parchment Esther Scroll – Italy, 1768 – Illustrated Family Coat of Arms

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Sold for: $4,250

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Esther scroll. [Italy], 1768.

Ink on parchment. Italian Stam (Vellish) script. Written on eight parchment membranes sewn together, 17 lines per column. Rolled on wooden handle.

Edges of first membrane artistically cut. At top of membrane, illustrated cartouche enclosing a family coat of arms: a hand holding a water bottle and pouring it into a bowl (a Levitical symbol). Inside the cartouche (over the family coat of arms), the scribe signs his name with the date of writing: "Handwritten by me, Yitzchak Levi, 1768".

Enclosed with the scroll is a parchment leaf with the blessings recited before and after the Megillah reading and the piyyut Korei Megillah by R. Avraham ibn Ezra.

Height of parchment: approx. 26 cm. Maximum height with handle: 38 cm. Blessings leaf: approx. 26X36 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains in several places. Faded or deleted words in several places. Corrections in a later hand. Bottom of wooden handle lacking.

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