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

Or 13887 The Book of Esther.

Title

The Book of Esther.

Funders

The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 13887
(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

Some worming to outermost membrane including thinned areas on verso.
Edges and outward facing area slightly mottled from damp.
Tear at centre of inner short edge and some creasing from overtight rolling.
Pencilled notes on verso of outermost membrane.

Extent

3 membranes, 8 columns.; 3 membranes, 8 columns.

Support

Parchment

Binding

BM in-house (boxed).

Layout

Columns: 8; ruled lines: 28; written lines: 28; Uniform layout. Ruling by hard point, membrane by membrane. Visible pricking for ruling. Three to four columns per membrane. Three tagin on most of שעטנזגץ, and one on some of אבדהחיק; 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.

Script

Ashkenazi 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 1979

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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