The Particular Case of an Engraved Esther Scroll Attributed to Shalom Italia
This article will focus on a 17th-century engraved Esther scroll attributed to the celebrated artist and engraver Shalom Italia. Hitherto unknown to scholars and the general public, this scroll is preserved at the University Library in Geneva, and is composed of the ‘lion, lamb, and bear’ motif. It...
Subtitles: | From Cairo to Amsterdam. Hebrew Scrolls from the 11th to the 18th Centuries (eds. Emma Abate and Justine Isserles) |
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Ed. Morcelliana
2021
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In: |
Henoch
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 229-254 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Esther
/ Library
/ Geneva
/ Italia, Salomon 1619-1655
/ Iconography
/ Hebraica
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Bibliothèque de Genève
B Hebrew Manuscripts B Switzerland B Decorated 17th-Century Esther Scrolls B Shalom Italia |