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Ink and paint on thin parchment; gold color; rolled on carved wooden ha](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/7_3.jpg "Small-Format Decorated Esther Scroll – Italy, 19th Century or Earlier")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Small-Format Decorated Esther Scroll – Italy, 19th Century or Earlier
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [Italy, 19th century or earlier].
Ink and paint on thin parchment; gold color; rolled on carved wooden handle. Small format.
Written in Italian Stam script, with serifs (Tagim), on 9 parchment membranes, 51 text columns, 14 lines per column. The first column contains the Megillah reading blessings, and the last column contains Asher Heni, Arur Haman and the piyyut Korei Megillah.
All text columns bordered in gold-colored rectangles (where faded, the gold appears in a greenish or bluish shade). Colorful decorations between columns in two alternating vegetal patterns. Rolled on wooden handle (apparently original) topped with a crown-like decoration.
Height of parchment: 10.5 cm. Maximum height (including parchment): 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and fading of ink.
Esther Scrolls
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