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Purim groggers (rattles), one in the form of a gallows with Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews, hanging from it. Resting on a Megillat Esther, the scroll with the Book Esther, is a simpler wooden grogger. All from Poland, 18th.
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Purim groggers (rattles), one in the form of a gallows with Haman, symbolic arc...

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Queen Esther gives birth to King Cyrus, one of the many local additions to the original. Judeo-Persian epic, written 1322 by a Jewish poet from Shiraz. Paper, 164 leaves, 24,5 x 18,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Quee...

Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the Persian Jews. Page from a Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival. Judeo- Persian manuscript (Persian written in Hebrew letters)
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Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the Persian Jews. Page from...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical story of Queen Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews. From Ancona, Italy, 1784. Parchment, 206 x 24,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical story of Queen Esther, read du...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews. From Corfu, Greece, 1708 Ink and tempera on parchment, 120 x 26,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews. From Northern Italy, around 1700. Vellum, 166 x 17,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival, in memory of the downfall of Haman, arch-enemy of the Persian Jews. From Italy, mid-18th. Vellum, painted, 215 x 12 cm
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Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of the downfall of Haman, arch-enemy of the Persian Jews. Twisted columns stand for the columns of the Temple of Solomon. From Italy, watercolour, 156 x 26 cm
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Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Blessings after the reading of the Book Esther during the Purim festival. Scenes from the story - Haman parading Mordecai through the streets, King Ahasuerus extending his scepter to Esther, passing his ring to Mordecai. From Germany, 1827. Parchment, 41 x 21,5 cm
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Blessings after the reading of the Book Esther during the Purim festival. Scen...

Micrographic painting of Zion,city of David.Two gnarled trees with psalters,harps,timbrels,pipes and cymbals according to psalm 150.In the center the City of David and the tombs of the kings of the House of David. Watercolour and ink on paper,38,5 x 31,5 cm
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Micrographic painting of Zion,city of David.Two gnarled trees with psalters,harp...

Purim-plate with Adam and Eve and Imperial Eagle. Tin
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Purim-plate with Adam and Eve and Imperial Eagle. Tin

Edward the Confessor sends Harold to inform Duke William of Normandy that he will succeed to the throne of England. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, most probably the work of Saxon craftsmen; the tapestry was ordered shortly after the conquest in 1066 by Odon de Conteville, Duke of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, brother of William.
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Edward the Confessor sends Harold to inform Duke William of Normandy that he wil...