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The scroll (megillah) of Esther is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example, from Baghdad, is hand painted, with an ornate design in which bands of flowers frame the text. It is rolled on a…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
ca. 1850