Title
Megillat Ester (מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר).
Coverage
Central Europe,
Date
ca. 1850.
Subject
With four membranes from Megillat Ester (אֶסְתֵּר מְגִלַּת). Baghdad, ca. 1900.
Description
The Book of Esther from the Hebrew Torah is traditionally copied on and read from a parchment scroll wound onto a single rod. Megillat Esther is read annually at the festival of Purim. These two Esther scrolls have a varied provenance attesting to the rich diversity of communities in the Jewish diaspora. The first is a complete 19th-century scroll from Central Europe; the second is an incomplete scroll from Baghdad made at the turn of the 20th century.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School