ANTIQUE JUDAICA VELLUM CALLIGRAPHIC PURIM MEGILLAH ESTHER 65.5" SCROLL TIN CASE


ANTIQUE JUDAICA VELLUM CALLIGRAPHIC PURIM MEGILLAH ESTHER 65.5

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ANTIQUE JUDAICA VELLUM CALLIGRAPHIC PURIM MEGILLAH ESTHER 65.5" SCROLL TIN CASE:
$2795.00


ANTIQUE VELLUM SCROLL

HANDWRITTEN HEBREW CALLIGRAPHY

THE STORY OF ESTHER (MEGILLAH ESTHER)

FOR OBSERVANCE OF PURIM"COMES WITH A TRANSLATIONMODERN PAMPHLET STYLE BOOKLET ON THE MEGILLAT ESTHER IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH."LEAVES OF THE SCROLL ARE APPROXIMATELY 65.5 INCHES X 18.25 INCH HIGH


CASED IN A TIN METAL TUBE HOLDER

THIS EXTREMELY RARE & ANTIQUE (PROBABLY18th CENTURY FROM MIDDLE OR EasterN EUROPEAN)
SCROLL AND HOLDER WAS MADE FOR THE CELEBRATION AND OBSERVANCES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OR FESTIVAL OF PURIM.

PURIM COMMEMORATES THE SALVATION OF THE JEWS FROM GENOCIDE BY HAMMAN, EVIL VIZIER OF KING AHASUERES OF THE PERSIAN ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. HAMMAN WISHED TO KILL THE JEWS AND TAKE THEIR POSSESSIONS.

ESTHER, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN, ENDS UP MARRYING THE KING, BECOMING QUEEN OF PERSIA WITHOUT REVEALING HER ORIGINS. HER COUSIN AND ADOPTIVE FATHER, MORDECAI, FALLS INTO THE DISFAVOR OF HAMMAN, WHOSE HATRED OF THE JEW BEGINS HAMMAN’S PLOT TO ERADICATE ALL THE JEWS IN THE EMPIRE. HE OBTAINS PERMISSION OF THE KING TO DO SO, AND CASTS LOTS (CALLED PURIM) TO DECIDE THE DATE HIS PLAN WILL TAKE ACTION.

THROUGH MORDECAI, ESTHER LEARNS OF THE PLOT AND ASKS MORDECAI TO HAVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE FAST AND PRAY WITH HER FOR THREE DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME, FOR REFUSING TO BOW TO HAMMAN, MORDECAI IS SENTENCED TO HANG, AND A LARGE SCAFFOLD IS BUILT.

AT GREAT PERIL TO HER OWN LIFE, ESTHER GAINS ACCESS TO THE KING (AGAINST RIGID COURT PROTOCOLS), AND INVITES HIM TO DINE WITH HER, AND TELLS HIM TO BRING HAMMAN WITH HIM.

AFTER A SECOND BANQUET (THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHING HAMMAN SETTING HIMSELF UP FOR THE FALL), ESTHER REVEALS TO HER HUSBAND THAT SHE IS JEWISH, AND THAT HAMMON IS NOT ONLY GOING TO EXTERMINATE HER PEOPLE, BUT DESIRE’S THE KING’S POWER FOR HIMSELF.HAMMAN IS EXECUTED ON THE SAME GALLOWS HE BUILT FOR MORDECAI, WHO IS IN TURN MADE VIZIER TO THE KING. THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE SAVED AND GET RETRIBUTION OVER THEIR ENEMIES, AND MORDECAI INSTITUTES AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF REMEMBRANCE.

THIS IS THE STORY ON THE SCROLL, MEANT TO BE READ OR CHANTED ALOUD AT SYNAGOGUE.

THE VELLUM (ANIMAL SKIN) SCROLL IS PAINSTAKINGLY CALLIGRAPHED IN A STEADY AND STRAIGHT HAND. IT IS COMPRISED OF 3 LEAFS SEWN OR BOUND TOGETHER, WITH 2 LEAVES WITH AN OVOID HOLE AT THE BOTTOM, PERHAPS MADE DURING PREPARATION. THE SCROLL SHOWS MINOR WEAR DUE TO ITS AGE, AND SOME WORN EDGING, BUT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH BRIGHT AND BOLD SCRIPT.

THE ORIGINAL TUBE FOR STORAGE IS MADE OF TWO PARTS, THE LID AND THE BODY. IT IS SOMEWHAT CRUDELY FASHIONED AND MADE OF TIN, BUT SECURELY PROTECTS THE SCROLL WITHIN.

COMES WITH A MODERN PAMPHLET STYLE BOOKLET ON THE MEGILLAT ESTHER IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH.

MAIN TUBE IS 16 ¼” LONG WITH A 2 ½” DIAMETER OPENING

LID OF TUBE IS 5 ½” LONG

THE LEAVES OF THE SCROLL ARE APPROXIMATELY

20”, 22”, 23.5” RESPECTIVELY

ENTIRETY WEIGHS IN CASE 1 LB, 11.6 OUNCES




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ANTIQUE JUDAICA VELLUM CALLIGRAPHIC PURIM MEGILLAH ESTHER 65.5" SCROLL TIN CASE:
$2795.00

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