The Book of Esther, Old Testament
The Book of Esther, Old Testament
Place of OriginTurkey
DateLate 18th-19th century
DimensionsCylinder H: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm);
Scroll H: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm);
Hand element H: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Scroll H: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm);
Hand element H: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
MediumManuscript on vellum scroll in engraved silver cylinder.
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1926.90
Not on View
DescriptionIn Hebrew.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Art of the Bible, The Bible as Art, Hitchcock Gallery, Nov, 2001-Jan. 2002, p. 16, repr. (b/w.).
TMA, Paper Roses: Garden-Inspired Works on Paper. Feb. 21-May 18, 2014.
about 1500
14th century
XIIth Dynasty, 1849-1801 BCE
mid 15th century
early 16th century
about 1513-1521
15th Century
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