OBJECT OF THE MONTH

Jewish scribe (Sofer Stam)

February, 2023

Jewish scribe (Sofer Stam) writing Esther Scroll, Thessaloniki, 1905 ( Photo R.S. Cresswell, National Gegraphic Creative).

 

Typical example of a Megillah, Esther Scroll, from Ioannina, in a partly gilt silver, repoussé and engraved case with the motifs of the Tablets of the Covenant and the Crown of the Torah, 19th or early 20th century.