[Esther scroll].
[מגילת אסתר].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Eskenazi, Lucy, donor.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Esther

תנ"ך. אסתר. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053644

Language:

Hebrew

Genre:

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

Scrolls (information artifacts)

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Lucy Eskenazi in memory of Mark Eskenazi.

Physical Description:

1 roll (4 membranes) : parchment ; 16 x 272 cm

Place of Publication:

[Turkey], [1800?-1899?]

[טורקיה], [1800?-1899?]

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a scroll of Esther written in Turkey during the 19th century.

Notes:

Ms. roll.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Layout: Written in 4 columns of 21 lines on the first membrane and 21 lines on the remaining three membranes; frame ruled (columns) in drypoint. The passage detailing the hanging of the ten sons of Haman (Esther, IX:7-9; end of membrane 3) written in an entire column, with names at right column only (this column in 11 lines, with each script line occupying two ruled lines).

Script: Written in a Sephardic-Turkish safrut (ritual script required for writing a Torah scroll or scrolls of scripture); typical of later Turkish safrut, letters written with tagin (crowns above certain letters). Corrections in a later hand (membrane 3).

Origin: Written in Turkey during the 19th century.

Scroll supported by an olive wood roller; opening tapered to a thin parchment fastening strip.

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 553.

OCLC:

1313829485

Access Restriction:

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