Auction 63 · Lot 303
Elephantine Scroll of Esther. Hebrew manuscript written in an uncommonly bold Aschkenazic hand on vellum. Composed on six membranes set in 18 columns. Height: 31 inches.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MEGILATH ESTHER.
Publication
19th-century
summary
An extraordinarily large Esther Scroll. Attached is a Victorian manuscript description scholarly of the scroll, along with a label reading: “Kindly touch this Roll with great CARE.”
Opening column backed onto fabric.
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