Esther Scroll and Case / In the last column, a page of benedictions: the heading Barukh (Blessed) is printed, illuminated, and flanked by lions rampant. Below, five heroes of the Purim play, each holding an oval cartouche with the inscriptions (in sepia): "Cursed be Haman who sought to slay me;" "Blessed be Mordecai the Judean!"; "Cursed be Zeresh, my menacer's wife"; "Blessed be Esther, my protectress!"; "Harbonah, too, be well remembered" (from the Purim liturgy) / creation date: 17th - 18th century

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Work Title: Esther Scroll and Case
View Title: In the last column, a page of benedictions: the heading Barukh (Blessed) is printed, illuminated, and flanked by lions rampant. Below, five heroes of the Purim play, each holding an oval cartouche with the inscriptions (in sepia): "Cursed be Haman who sought to slay me;" "Blessed be Mordecai the Judean!"; "Cursed be Zeresh, my menacer's wife"; "Blessed be Esther, my protectress!"; "Harbonah, too, be well remembered" (from the Purim liturgy)
Site/Repository: Creation location: possibly Germany; Repository: The Israel Museum (Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
Period/Date: creation date: 17th - 18th century
Media/Technique: parchment, pens, ink, silver, handwriting, illumination, repoussé, engraving (incising), casting, copper engraving (printing process)
Subjects: Book illustrations; Scroll paintings; Scrolls (Information artifacts); Art, Jewish; Esther; Hebrew alphabet; Bible. Old Testament; Illuminations; Europe; Figurines; Cases (containers); Customs; Copper engraving (printing process); Prints
Work Record ID: 562301
Image Record ID: 1322073
Digital filename: 12d000888
Classification Filing Number: 758.15C; 17; 43EF 17; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 270230
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:59:06

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2216 x 1024
File Size: 317 KB
Record: 1322073
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1322073/12d000888

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