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| Paese di conservazione: |
Paese di conservazione
Svizzera
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| Luogo: |
Luogo Zürich |
| Biblioteca / Collezione: |
Biblioteca / Collezione
Braginsky Collection
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| Segnatura: | Segnatura S26 |
| Titolo del codice: | Titolo del codice Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Rotolo di Ester |
| Caratteristiche: | Caratteristiche Pergamena · 1 f. · 15 x 183 cm · Impero ottomano · intorno al 1800 |
| Lingua: |
Lingua
Ebraico |
| Descrizione breve: | Descrizione breve La pergamena (su cinque membrane con 13 colonne di testo) è introdotta da un impressionante disco solare circondato dai segni dello zodiaco. Il mese di Adar è particolarmente sottolineato, poiché è in questo mese, che è sotto il segno dei Pesci, che avvenne lo sterminio degli ebrei. Ogni colonna inizia, se possibile, con la parola ha-melech (il re), che da un lato significa re Assuero, ma è anche un'allusione al Dio mai esplicitamente menzionato e onnipresente. La custodia d'argento, databile al 1800 ca., è coronata da un mazzo di fiori e foglie, un motivo che si ritrova anche su accessori della Torah (rimmonim) e altri oggetti ebraici in metallo dell'Impero Ottomano. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-bc-s-0026 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bc-s-0026) |
| Collegamento permanente: | Collegamento permanente https://e-codices.ch/it/list/one/bc/s-0026 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/bc-s-0026/manifest.json
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| Come citare: | Come citare Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S26: Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Rotolo di Ester (https://e-codices.ch/it/list/one/bc/s-0026). |
| Online dal: | Online dal 08.10.2020 |
| Risorse esterne: | Risorse esterne |
| Diritti: | Diritti Immagini:
(Per quanto concerne tutti gli altri diritti, vogliate consultare le rispettive descrizioni dei manoscritti e le nostre Norme per l’uso) |
| Tipo di documento: |
Tipo di documento
Rotolo |
| Secolo: |
Secolo
XVIII secolo, XIX secolo |
| Decorazione: |
Decorazione
Margine, Ornamentale, Schema, Disegno acquarellato |
| Liturgica hebraica: |
Liturgica hebraica
Megillah |
e-codices · 16.07.2020, 14:55:20
Die von den Tierkreiszeichen umgebene Sonnenscheibe bildet den eindrucksvollen und ungewöhnlichen Auftakt einer Rolle, deren Entstehung in erster Linie aufgrund des Stils ihrer Silberhülse im Osmanischen Reich lokalisiert werden kann. Der die Hülse krönende Blüten und Blätterstrauss ndet sich ähnlich auch auf Toraaufsätzen (Rimmonim) und anderen Judaica Metallobjekten aus dieser Region.
Die Darstellung des Zodiaks hebt das Zeichen der Fische besonders hervor, indem es ausserhalb des Tierkreises vergrössert wiedergegeben ist. Damit wird die Bedeutung des Monats Adar für die EstherErzählung betont, hat doch der böse Haman durch das Los eben diesen im Zeichen der Fische stehenden Monat für die Vernichtung der Juden bestimmt.
In dieser Megilla ist der Text so arrangiert ist, dass jede Kolumne möglichst mit dem Wort ha-melech («der König») beginnt. Im Buch Esther bezieht sich ha-melech immer auf den König Ahasverus. Die Rabbiner sahen darin aber auch eine Anspielung auf Gott, den «König der Könige», dessen Name im Text nie explizit genannt wird. Sie betonten in ihrer Auslegung der Geschichte das Thema des Verbergens der wahren Identität: Wie Esther anfänglich ihre jüdische Herkunft geheim hält, bleibt Gottes Name im Verborgenen. Mit der prominenten Platzierung des Wortes ha-melech am Beginn jeder Textkolumne verweist der Schreiber visuell auf die Allgegenwart und leitende Hand Gottes in der Purimerzählung.
Schöne Seiten. Jüdische Schriftkultur aus der Braginsky Collection, Hrsg. von Emile Schrijver und Falk Wiesemann, Zürich 2011, S. 304.
e-codices · 08.07.2020, 15:55:57
This scroll opens with an elaborate depiction of the Signs of the Zodiac, a recurrent motif in decorated megillot. According to a midrash, when Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish nation, he consulted the zodiac to determine an auspicious time to carry out his scheme. He decided that the month of Adar, which corresponds with the sign of Pisces (fish), would be the best time because Haman would be able to devour and destroy the Jews just as big fish swallow small ones. God, however, was infuriated by Haman and thwarted his plans, stating “Fish sometimes swallow their prey, but they too can
be swallowed” (Esther Rabbah 7:11).
In this image of the zodiacal wheel, which turns clockwise around the sun, the artist emphasized the role that Pisces/Adar played in the Purim story. He depicted the sh as larger in scale than the other signs, and placed them outside the circle, next to the signs that precede it, Capricorn and Aquarius. The decorative border above and below this panel extends as continuous bands throughout the megillah, with similar designs framing the sides of each text column.
This type of scroll is known as a ha-melekh scroll because most of the columns begin with the word ha-melekh (the king) as a result of a deliberate arrangement of the text. In the book of Esther, this appellation refers to King Ahasuerus. Rabbis suggested, however, that emphasis be placed on the word ha-melekh as an allusion to God, the King of Kings, whose name is not mentioned explicitly in the scroll.
Rabbinic commentary further elucidated that the absence of the Divine name parallels the theme of the concealment of identity within the story. The scribe’s placement of the word “king” at the head of the columns serves to highlight Divine presence and the overall role that God played in the Purim narrative.
The silver case is ornamented with a fish-scale pattern and is surmounted by a stylized cluster of owers and leaves. Similar silver floral bouquets embellish the tops of many Esther scroll cases from the Ottoman Empire and can also be found on Torah finials and other Judaica metalwork.
A Journey through Jewish Worlds. Highlights from the Braginsky collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books, ed. E. M. Cohen, S. L. Mintz, E. G. L. Schrijver, Amsterdam, 2009, p. 254.
Schöne Seiten. Jüdische Schriftkultur aus der Braginsky Collection, Hrsg. von Emile Schrijver und Falk Wiesemann, Zürich 2011, S. 304.
A Journey through Jewish Worlds. Highlights from the Braginsky collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books, ed. E. M. Cohen, S. L. Mintz, E. G. L. Schrijver, Amsterdam, 2009, p. 254.