Auction 12 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Oct 21, 2010 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 3:

Chasidic Megilat Esther on Parchment

Sold for: $500
Start price:
$ 250
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Miniature Megilat Esther on parchment, scribe handwriting, some of the letters are adorned with “Ketarim” [Crowns].
15 columns of varying widths on three parchment sheets, sawn to each other in antique sewing. In some of the verses, the letters of the Shem Ha-Meforash are accentuated at the beginning or the endings of the words. [A Chasidic, Kabala based custom].
Total size: 13.5X130cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and missing bits at the opening of the Megilah. Stains, some of which are dark, mainly on the first columns.