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Summary
Full-page miniature of Ahasverus handing over the golden scepter to Esther in an architectural frame (Esther 8:4). Caption: 'This is Ahasverus held out the golden sceptre toward Esther, the queen'. Image taken from f. 260v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc. Written in Hebrew.
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Tags
esther
ahasverus
architecture
medieval miniatures
prayer book
haggadah
medieval manuscript
illustrated books
five scrolls
hebrew manuscripts
passover seder
british library
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain