(Q17123)
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28 November 2023
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Megillah of Esther : in Hebrew].
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Bible.
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Hebrew--Massachusetts--Boston
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Bible. Esther--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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1550?
16. century
1550Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: 1 roll (5 membranes) : parchment ; 1600 x 380 mm
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Ms. roll.
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In Hebrew.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Collation: Parchment, scroll of 3 membranes, sewn together with no overlap.
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Layout: 10 columns, 37 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
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Script: Written in a square Ashkenazic script in black ink.
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Decoration: Fine pen-flourishing at tops of some letters.
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Binding: Rolled, no spindles, housed in ca. 19th-century marbled cardboard tube, housed in tan cloth-covered tube with title label reading "BOOK OF ESTHER/ C. 1550"
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Origin: Written in Germany, mid-16th century.
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Provenance: With ex libris label reading "360 years old. Belongs to Mrs. Frank C. Miller... Roxbury, Mass. 1914."
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Immediate source of acquisition: Gift of Mrs. Frank Miller in 1915.
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Call number: MS pf Med.211.
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Bibliography: More Books/BPL Quarterly (1928): 74.
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4 December 2023
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