Encounters of Beauty 

MEGILLOT 46, 52, 59 

46
 
Venice, 1748 

Scribe and artist: Arjeh Leib ben Daniel of Goray
 
Parchment, 3 membranes, 12 text columns, 308 × 1950 mm, benediction sheet, 303 × 210 mm, mounted on a wooden roller, 478 mm 

Braginsky Collection, BCS 95 

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52
 
São Miguel Island (Azores), 
end of the 19th century 

Copied by David ben Abraham Shabbat 
Parchment, 2 membranes, 22 text columns, 124 x 1750 mm, set on a wooden roller, 156 mm 

National Library of Israel, Ms. Heb. 4° 197/132 

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