Description of British Library, Or 1087: Megilat Ester (מגלת אסתר)contributorIlana TahancatalogerAgata PaluchThe Polonsky FoundationBritish Library2022-11-232022-11-23These images and the content of British Library Or 1087: Megilat Ester (מגלת אסתר) are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, British Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about British Library Or 1087: Megilat Ester (מגלת אסתר). This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.From the collection of Adam Clarke (b. 1762, d. 1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and scholar: inscribed, folio 1v.Folio 1v (paper flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript): a note of ownership of J. Noble Coleman: his bookplate with Latin inscription: recte sed suaviter (inner upper cover). The manuscript was given to him by George Pope, having been bought from a bookseller in Bristol.Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.United KingdomLondonBritish LibraryHebrew Manuscripts Digitisation ProjectOr 1087http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1087https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscriptsThe book of Esther.HebrewMegilat Ester (מגלת אסתר)1rמגלת אסתר1rMegilat Ester
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20 folios; 20 folios Columns: 1; ruled lines: 21; written lines: 21; Uniform layout. 19 columns, first four with vowel-points. The letters of שעטנזגץ provided with three tagin. One tag placed on the letters בדהחיק. Majuscular letters in verses: 1:6, 9:9, 9:29; minuscular letters in verses: 9:7, 9:9. The names of the sons of Haman arranged according to the rule.Sefardi aquare script of the 15th century.