Detail View: Hebraica Collection: Detail of Esther scroll
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Image Number:
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JRL18012630
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Reference Number:
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Hebrew MS 22
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Image Title:
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Detail of Esther scroll
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Parent Work Title:
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Megillat Esther
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Book of Esther
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Creator:
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Pescarol, Moshe ben Avraham
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Creator Role:
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Illustrator
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Date Created:
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1618
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Page/Sheet:
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Panel 3
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Image Sequence Number:
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003
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Image Sequence Total:
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012
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Description:
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Illuminated scroll, earliest known example of an Italian illustrated Magillah. Three section shows three panels, the first is illustrated with two naked women on right of the illustration, with three soldiers and a decapitated man kneeling in the centre; the second shows nine people, with a woman dressed in blue kneeling down. The third panel shows three soldiers in blue, in front of a seated King. A man dressed in black stands to the side of the King.
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Language:
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Hebrew
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Language Code:
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heb
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Subject:
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Bible. O.T.
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Scrolls
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Painting
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Ferrara
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-01
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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