Scroll of Esther, Museum of Jewish History, Girona
Scroll of Esther, or Megillat Esther, a book from the Hebrew bible, ink on parchment, from Tangier, Morocco, c. 1750, in the Museum of Jewish History, opened 2000 in the Bonastruc ca Porta Centre, in the Call Jueu or Jewish Quarter, in the old town of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The Jewish community in Girona grew from the 9th century and flourished from the 12th century, when the city housed an important Kabbalistic school, until their expulsion in 1492 under the Catholic Monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14078991
Media ID
45707364
Size
8268px x 6201px
(16.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
