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

Or 11822 The Book of Esther.

Title

The Book of Esther.

Funders

The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 11822
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Between 1500 and 1699

Summary

The Book of Esther.

Notes

Creases at ends, outer end very dark and dirty.
Repair patches on verso, newer splits, tears and losses at edges.
Occasional ink runs, and offset on verso.
Dirt at edges and on verso, liquid spotting and a few paste stains.

Extent

4 membranes, 14 columns.; 4 membranes, 14 columns.

Support

Parchment

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

Layout

Columns: 14; ruled lines: 35; written lines: 35; Uniform layout. Ruling by hard point, membrane by membrane. Four columns per membrane, each written within decorated engravings. Three tagin on שעטנזגץ, and the letter ח arched throughout. Several majuscular and minuscular letters. The names of the sons of Haman arranged in 11 lines, in accordance with the rule. The letter ע in the last line is flourished. Wooden rollers (592mm high).

Script

Sefardi square script of the 16th to 17th century.

Related resources

Lists of Oriental manuscripts, Asian and African Studies reading room; recorded in the list in 1948

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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fol. 1r
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