The John Rylands Library Manchester
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Excerpt from The John Rylands Library Manchester: Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Printed Books Exhibited on the Occasion of the Visit of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches Biblical Manuscripts. 1. Hebrew Megillath Esther: A Scroll of the Book of Esther. On Deer-shin. 16th century. (Heh. 11). The Esther Roll or Scroll was used in the Jewish Synagogues on the eve and in the morning of the feast of Purim. 2. Hebrew Hagada: Services for the first nights of Passover, for the Sabbath preceding the Festival of Passover, and the days of the Passover Festival. On vellum. 15th century. (Heh. 6). Profusely illuminated, with tinted arabesques intertwined with Hebrew texts. The manuscript was written either in the South of France or on the borders of Spain. The pictures shown represent: - The upper compartment: The killing of the Passover lamb, the sprinkling of the doorposts with the blood, and the roasting of the lamb. The lower compartment: The Passover night entertainment, when four cups of wine, symbolical of scriptural allusions to Israels redemption, are successively poured out for each member of the company sitting round the table. 3. Samaritan Pentateuch. On vellum. A.D. 1211. (Sam. 1). Written in bold majuscular characters for public liturgical use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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