Ashkenazi figurative illuminated Megillah — Historical Objects

Description

Scroll of Esther on parchment whose text columns are framed by painted scenes: the court of Ahasuerus, the banquet, the hanging of Haman, the triumph of Mordecai. The arches, putti and floral borders reflect German baroque art. A prestige piece of well-off families, it joined liturgical reading with the pleasure of imagery.

Features

Material: parchemin
Provenance: Allemagne

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