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   "value": "Bland, Nathaniel (1803\u20131865); Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, Earl of (1812\u20131880); Enriqueta Rylands; Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913"
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   "label": "Alternative Identifier(s)",
   "value": "Crawford MS 4; Bland 831"
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   "value": "<p>Black box casing. Last membrane attached to wooden handle with five threads. Top and bottom finials broken. Red thread attached to handle.<\/p>"
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   "label": "Acquisition",
   "value": "Acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall and later bequeatehed to the The John Rylands Library."
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  {
   "label": "Title",
   "value": "Esther scroll"
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   "label": "Layout",
   "value": "<p>Membranes 1-4: 3 columns with 26 written lines; membrane 5: 2 columns; altogether 14 written columns.<\/p><p>Tagin on letters ש ,ע ,ט ,נ ,ן ,ז ,ג ,צ ,ץ.<\/p> Majuscule letters in verses: 1:6, 9:9, 9:29; minuscule letters in verses: 9:7, 9:9.<p> Hard point ruling. Visible pricking and stitching.<\/p>"
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  {
   "label": "Funding",
   "value": ""
  },
  {
   "label": "Bookseller(s)",
   "value": "Quaritch, Bernard (1819\u20131899)"
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  {
   "label": "Date of Creation",
   "value": "17th-18th century (?)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Origin",
   "value": "Produced in the 17th-18th century (?)."
  },
  {
   "label": "Script",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Ashkenazi square script<\/div><\/div>"
  },
  {
   "label": "Data Source(s)",
   "value": "Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri and Nienke Valk. <p>Revised and enhanced by Zsófia Buda.<\/p>"
  },
  {
   "label": "Alternative Title(s)",
   "value": "Megilat Ester; מגילת אסתר"
  },
  {
   "label": "Language(s)",
   "value": "Hebrew"
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  {
   "label": "Physical Location",
   "value": "The John Rylands Library"
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   "label": "Extent",
   "value": "5 membranes Leaf height: 360 mm, width: 460-599 mm. Written height: 288 mm, width: 162 mm."
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   "label": "Classmark",
   "value": "Hebrew MS 4"
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   "label": "Abstract",
   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>Parchment Esther scroll on wooden handle.<\/p>"
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   "value": "Hebrew Manuscripts"
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   "label": "Bibliography",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>On previous owner Nathaniel Bland, see <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/912636343'>Schmidt, Jan. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester (Leiden: Brill, 2011), p. 18. <\/a><\/div><\/div><br /><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"
  },
  {
   "label": "Material(s)",
   "value": "Parchment"
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  {
   "label": "Condition",
   "value": "<p>Usage stains.<\/p>"
  },
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   "label": "Provenance",
   "value": "<div>Box: Bookplate reading: \"Endure Fort / Bibliotheca Lindesiana\", with shelfmark \"5 / C\".<br /><p>Formerly in the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803\u20131865), whose oriental manuscripts were sold after his death through Bernard Quaritch (1819\u20131899) in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812\u20131880).<\/p> Side b of membrane 1: Printed label corrected by hand reading \"BLAND MSS. No. 831\", with BLAND and 831 crossed out, and written in pencil \"Hebrew / 4\".<br /><\/div><br />"
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   "label": "Date of Acquisition",
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