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Megilat Ester ... etc. LJS 41
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Abstract

The Book of Esther written on 3 gatherings removed from a miscellany. The first leaf of the first gathering begins with the last 7 verses of the Book of Lamentations, the work that preceded the Book of Esther in the miscellany. The last leaf of the last gathering has been replaced by an added leaf on which are written 2 piyutim or liturgical poems (Asher heni, whose beginning is not on the leaf, and Shoshanat Yaʻaḳov) used at Purim along with the Book of Esther.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 16 leaves : 87 x 65 (53 x 40) mm; Collation: Parchment, 16; 1⁸ 2-3⁴.

Layout

Written in 16 long lines.

Script

Written in Italian Sephardic semi-square script with vowel points and cantillation marks (f. 1-15); poems on added leaf at end written in semi-cursive rabbinic Italian Sephardic script.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Keywords
15th century
Bible
Biblical
Italy
Jewish
Literature -- Poetry
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Italy

Date

Written in Italy in the 15th century.

Binding

Early parchment over pasteboards.

Language

Hebrew

Provenance

Sold at auction at Swann Galleries, 11 December 1988, lot 206A, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.

return to search Megilat Ester ... etc. LJS 41

Place of Origin

Italy

Date

Written in Italy in the 15th century.

Language

Hebrew

Provenance

Sold at auction at Swann Galleries, 11 December 1988, lot 206A, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

The Book of Esther written on 3 gatherings removed from a miscellany. The first leaf of the first gathering begins with the last 7 verses of the Book of Lamentations, the work that preceded the Book of Esther in the miscellany. The last leaf of the last gathering has been replaced by an added leaf on which are written 2 piyutim or liturgical poems (Asher heni, whose beginning is not on the leaf, and Shoshanat Yaʻaḳov) used at Purim along with the Book of Esther.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Script note

Written in Italian Sephardic semi-square script with vowel points and cantillation marks (f. 1-15); poems on added leaf at end written in semi-cursive rabbinic Italian Sephardic script.

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Keywords
15th century
Bible
Biblical
Italy
Jewish
Literature -- Poetry
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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