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   "value": "<p>Incomplete: the text start with Esther 1:9.<\/p>"
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   "value": "Text columns on membranes 1-6 are written within arches. The arches and the first five pillars between the columns are filled with floral and geometrical motifs in red ink. The three last columns on the last membrane are written within rectangular borders coloured in red. Compare decoration to <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://cja.huji.ac.il/'>Gross Family Collection Esther Scroll (081.012.012)<\/a> (Obj. ID: 39606) and Jerusalem, <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://cja.huji.ac.il/'>Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo, 13-39<\/a> (Obj. ID: 34782)."
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   "label": "Acquisition",
   "value": "Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954."
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   "value": "Esther scroll"
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   "value": "<p>23 columns, with 17 written lines. Membrane 1: 1 column (incomplete membrane), membrane 2: 3 columns, membranes 3-6: 4 columns each, membrane 7: 3 columns. <\/p><p>Hard point bordering. Ruling not visible. <\/p><p>No tagin.<\/p><p>Unusual distribution of the names of Haman's sons.<\/p> Majuscule letters in verses: 9:9 and 9:29; minuscule letters in verses: 9:7 and 9:9.<p>Letter ayin of the last word ends has an ornamental tail.<\/p>"
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   "label": "Date of Creation",
   "value": "19th century (?)"
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   "label": "Origin Place",
   "value": "Morocco(?)"
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  {
   "label": "Origin",
   "value": "Produced in Morocco(?) in the 19th century (?)."
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   "label": "Script",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Sephardi square script.<\/div><\/div>"
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   "value": "Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue; description of decorations by Gabrielle Sed-Rajna, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri and Nienke Valk. <p>Revised and enhanced by Zsófia Buda.<\/p>"
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   "label": "Alternative Title(s)",
   "value": "Megilat Ester; מגילת אסתר"
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   "label": "Extent",
   "value": "7 membranes Leaf height: 172 mm, width: 177-415 mm. Written height: 125 mm, width: 80 mm."
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   "value": "Gaster Hebrew MS Add 17"
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   "label": "Collection",
   "value": "Hebrew Manuscripts"
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   "label": "Bibliography",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'><a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://rylandscollections.com/2022/03/17/and-the-scroll-of-esther-unrolls/'>Buda, Zsófia. \"And the Scroll of Esther unrolls\u2026\" <\/a> Rylands Blog, 14 March 2022.<\/div><\/div><br />"
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   "label": "Format",
   "value": "Scroll"
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   "label": "Material(s)",
   "value": "Parchment"
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   "value": "<p>First membrane ripped, and possibly missing one column of text and one full parchment membrane at the beginning.<\/p>"
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