Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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![Esther scroll in a miniature format. [Western Poland, ca. 18th century]. Script typical of 18th century Western Poland (see](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/366.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll – Western Poland, 18th Century – HaMelech Scro")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll in a miniature format. [Western Poland, ca. 18th century].
Script typical of 18th century Western Poland (see enclosed expert's report). 24 lines per column. Rolled on two wooden and ivory rollers and placed in a velvet case. HaMelech scroll (most columns open with the word "HaMelech").
Height of parchment: 9.5 cm. Height of rollers: 14 cm. Stains. Dampstains. Several loose membranes. The bottom part of one roller is lacking.
Script typical of 18th century Western Poland (see enclosed expert's report). 24 lines per column. Rolled on two wooden and ivory rollers and placed in a velvet case. HaMelech scroll (most columns open with the word "HaMelech").
Height of parchment: 9.5 cm. Height of rollers: 14 cm. Stains. Dampstains. Several loose membranes. The bottom part of one roller is lacking.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Esther scroll. [North Italy, ca. 18th century]. Vellish script, in a style which combines Western-European and Italian script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/367.jpg "Esther Scroll – North Italy, 18th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [North Italy, ca. 18th century].
Vellish script, in a style which combines Western-European and Italian scripts. The parchment processing is typical of Italy. Apparently, the scroll originated in Northern Italy. 31 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Height of parchment: 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tear (repaired) to top of first membrane, affecting text. Faded ink. Break to wooden roller.
Vellish script, in a style which combines Western-European and Italian scripts. The parchment processing is typical of Italy. Apparently, the scroll originated in Northern Italy. 31 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Height of parchment: 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tear (repaired) to top of first membrane, affecting text. Faded ink. Break to wooden roller.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
Lot 368 Esther Scroll – Italy, 18th/19th Century – With Initials of "Mordechai son of Moshe Frances"
![Esther scroll. [Italy, ca. late 18th century or early 19th century]. Sephardi script, on deerskin, processing typical of Ital](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/368.jpg "Esther Scroll – Italy, 18th/19th Century – With Initials of \"Mordechai")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $350
Unsold
Esther scroll. [Italy, ca. late 18th century or early 19th century].
Sephardi script, on deerskin, processing typical of Italy. 16 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Initials of the name of the scribe or of the owner who ordered the scroll head the columns. The words "Mordechai the son" are stressed in the verse "In Shushan the citadel there was a Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Yair…", and each column thereafter opens with a stressed letter. The initials compose the name "Mordechai son of Moshe Frances" and the Hebrew letters "Heh, Aleph and Yud" (May G-d guard him?). All these letters are enlarged and stressed with an illustration of a finger pointing to the letter (manicule).
Height of parchment: 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Open tear to the center of the first column, repaired. Breaks to wooden roller.
Two late parchment with the blessings recited upon reading the megillah are enclosed.
Sephardi script, on deerskin, processing typical of Italy. 16 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Initials of the name of the scribe or of the owner who ordered the scroll head the columns. The words "Mordechai the son" are stressed in the verse "In Shushan the citadel there was a Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Yair…", and each column thereafter opens with a stressed letter. The initials compose the name "Mordechai son of Moshe Frances" and the Hebrew letters "Heh, Aleph and Yud" (May G-d guard him?). All these letters are enlarged and stressed with an illustration of a finger pointing to the letter (manicule).
Height of parchment: 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Open tear to the center of the first column, repaired. Breaks to wooden roller.
Two late parchment with the blessings recited upon reading the megillah are enclosed.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Two Esther scrolls from North Africa: · Esther scroll. [North Africa, early 19th century]. Written on dark gevil and rolled](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/369_1.jpg "Two Esther Scrolls – North Africa")
![Two Esther scrolls from North Africa: · Esther scroll. [North Africa, early 19th century]. Written on dark gevil and rolled](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/369_2.jpg "Two Esther Scrolls – North Africa")
![Two Esther scrolls from North Africa: · Esther scroll. [North Africa, early 19th century]. Written on dark gevil and rolled](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/369_3.jpg "Two Esther Scrolls – North Africa")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Unsold
Two Esther scrolls from North Africa:
· Esther scroll. [North Africa, early 19th century].
Written on dark gevil and rolled on a wooden roller. 22 lines per column.
Height of gevil: 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and several tears. Lacking bottom part of wooden roller.
· Esther scroll. [North Africa, second half of the 19th century].
Written on thin parchment (apparently goatskin). Approximately 14 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Height of parchment: 7.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, affecting text in several places. The first membrane was replaced with another written in a later script. Break to wooden roller.
· Esther scroll. [North Africa, early 19th century].
Written on dark gevil and rolled on a wooden roller. 22 lines per column.
Height of gevil: 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and several tears. Lacking bottom part of wooden roller.
· Esther scroll. [North Africa, second half of the 19th century].
Written on thin parchment (apparently goatskin). Approximately 14 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
Height of parchment: 7.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, affecting text in several places. The first membrane was replaced with another written in a later script. Break to wooden roller.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Esther scroll. [Persia, early 20th century]. Small format. Persian script. 21 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/370_1.jpg "Esther Scroll – Persia, Early 20th Century / Illustrated Parchment wit")
![Esther scroll. [Persia, early 20th century]. Small format. Persian script. 21 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/370_2.jpg "Esther Scroll – Persia, Early 20th Century / Illustrated Parchment wit")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [Persia, early 20th century].
Small format. Persian script. 21 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller with a crown-like top.
Height of parchment: 12 cm. Height of roller: 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Breaks to wooden roller. Lacking pole at the bottom of the roller.
· Enclosed is a piece of parchment, illustrated with colorful borders (pillars, arches and floral ornamentation), with the blessings recited upon reading the megillah and a piyyut. [Persia, ca. 19th/20th century].
Height of parchment: 12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Faded ink.
Small format. Persian script. 21 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller with a crown-like top.
Height of parchment: 12 cm. Height of roller: 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Breaks to wooden roller. Lacking pole at the bottom of the roller.
· Enclosed is a piece of parchment, illustrated with colorful borders (pillars, arches and floral ornamentation), with the blessings recited upon reading the megillah and a piyyut. [Persia, ca. 19th/20th century].
Height of parchment: 12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Faded ink.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Esther scroll. [Europe, 20th century]. Small format. Smeared parchment. Small Vellish script. Approximately 20 lines per col](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/371.jpg "Small Esther Scroll – Enlarged Holy Names – Europe, 20th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [Europe, 20th century].
Small format. Smeared parchment. Small Vellish script. Approximately 20 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
In a number of places in this scroll, letters alluding to Holy Names at the beginnings and ends of words are enlarged (the Name of G-d is not mentioned throughout the Esther scroll, but allusions can be found to His Names. A common Chassidic-Kabbalistic practice is to stress the Names in the scroll; however, according to the opinion of the Vilna Gaon, only letters enlarged by tradition may be enlarged).
Height of parchment: 10.5 cm. Height of roller: 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Dark stains to margins. Tear to top of first membrane, not affecting text.
Small format. Smeared parchment. Small Vellish script. Approximately 20 lines per column. Rolled on a wooden roller.
In a number of places in this scroll, letters alluding to Holy Names at the beginnings and ends of words are enlarged (the Name of G-d is not mentioned throughout the Esther scroll, but allusions can be found to His Names. A common Chassidic-Kabbalistic practice is to stress the Names in the scroll; however, according to the opinion of the Vilna Gaon, only letters enlarged by tradition may be enlarged).
Height of parchment: 10.5 cm. Height of roller: 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Dark stains to margins. Tear to top of first membrane, not affecting text.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Small Esther scroll in a carved case. [Holland or Italy, 18th century]. Ink on parchment; bone. A case carved in a delicate s](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/372.jpg "Small Esther Scroll in a Carved Case – 18th century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Small Esther scroll in a carved case. [Holland or Italy, 18th century].
Ink on parchment; bone.
A case carved in a delicate striped design, topped by a flower-shaped ornament; in the center of the flower is a base for screwing an additional ornament (lacking).
Height: approx. 10 cm. Fair condition. Handle and ornament on top of the case are lacking. Stains.
Ink on parchment; bone.
A case carved in a delicate striped design, topped by a flower-shaped ornament; in the center of the flower is a base for screwing an additional ornament (lacking).
Height: approx. 10 cm. Fair condition. Handle and ornament on top of the case are lacking. Stains.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Withdrawn.Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century]. Ink on parchment; silver - embossed,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/373_1.jpg "Withdrawn - Miniature Esther Scroll in a Silver Case – Cave of the Pat")
![Withdrawn.Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century]. Ink on parchment; silver - embossed,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/373_2.jpg "Withdrawn - Miniature Esther Scroll in a Silver Case – Cave of the Pat")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Withdrawn.
Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century].
Ink on parchment; silver - embossed, soldered and engraved.
Sephardic script. 14 lines per column.
The scroll is places in a silver case embellished with an etching of Me'arat HaMachpelah and with vegetal patterns. Covers designed like flowers with petals cap both sides of the case. The handle is designed like an octagonal prism, with a silver marble.
Height of case: 17 cm. Height of parchment: 5.5 cm. Good-fair condition. The covers capping both sides of the case are loose. Corrosion. Dents. Stains to parchment and several tears to margins. Dark dampstains at the top of the first membrane.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue