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...

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Subtitles:From Cairo to Amsterdam. Hebrew Scrolls from the 11th to the 18th Centuries (eds. Emma Abate and Justine Isserles)
Main Author: Isserles, Justine (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. Morcelliana 2021
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
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