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Collection ID: 0047 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Add MS 11834 Megilat Ester (מגלת אסתר)

Title

Megilat Ester (מגלת אסתר)

Funders

The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Add MS 11834
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Between 1500 and 1599

Summary

The Book of Esther.

Notes

Slight edge discolouration.
One stain.

Extent

9 membranes, 27 columns.; 9 membranes, 27 columns.

Support

Parchment

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

Layout

Columns: 11; ruled lines: 27; written lines: 27; Uniform layout. Ruling by hard point, membrane by membrane. Visible stitching of membranes. Three tagin on שעטנזגץ, and on בדהחק. A few majuscular or minuscular letters. The names of the sons of Haman arranged in 11 lines, in accordance with the rule. Wooden roller (485mm high).

Script

Sefardi square script of the 16th century.

Provenance

Acquisition: Acquired by the British Museum from Rev. Thomas Butler on 05 July 1841: inscribed on verso.

Related resources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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Section: מגלת אסתר
Section: Megilat Ester