MEGILATH ESTHER

AUCTION 5 | Tuesday, June 23rd, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 314

MEGILATH ESTHER

(Scroll of Esther). Black ink on vellum. Aschkenazi square Hebrew script 16 lines arranged in 35 columns on 7 membranes. Opening panel titled amidst dense scroll-work: “The Scroll of Queen Esther and Mordechai the Jew.” Set on turned wooden roller, chipped Final column later. Width: 77 mm

Italian: 19th century

Est: $1,200 - $1,500