ESTHER
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Esther and Assuerus; Haman hanged. Initial I in the Book of Esther, The Bible.
Champagne, France, early twelfth century. Reims, Bibliotheque municipale, Ms. 23, fol.
69v. Click here for image.
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Esther as queen. Initial I in the Book of Esther, The Bible. Limoges, France, early twelfth
century. Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, Ms. 2, fol. 112 bis. Click here for image.
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Esther before Assuerus, Hanging of Haman, Queen Esther. Beginning of the Book of
Esther. Bourbonnais, France, late twelfth century. Moulins, Bibliotheque municipale, Ms.
1, fol. 284. Click here for image.
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Esther before Assuerus. Beginning of the Book of Esther, The Bible. Paris, France,
thirteenth century. Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, Ms. 9, fol. 188V.Click here for image.
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Esther before Assuerus, Haman's death. Initial I of the Book of Esther, Bible. France,
thirteenth century. New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M. 111, fol. 27v.Click here
for image.
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Esther before Assuerus. Glossed Bible. Paris, France, ca. 1210. Paris, Bibliotheque
Mazarine, Ms. 135, fol. 157v.Click here for image.
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History of Esther and Assuerus. Initial I in the Book of Esther. The Bible. Oxford,
England, ca. 1220. New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. 791, fol. 150R. Click here
for image.
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Queen Esther. Initial I in the Book of Esther. Palermo, Italy, early fourteenth century. New
York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. G. 60, fol. 286r. Click here for image.
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The Feast of Esther. Bible Historiale. Paris, France, ca. 1330. Paris, Bibliothèque SainteGeneviève, Ms. 22, fol. 231.Click here for image.
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Esther and Assuerus. Speculum Humanae Salvationis. Hainaut, Belgium, 1461. Lyon,
Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 245, fol. 159.Click here for image.
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Esther before Assuerus. Bible History Guyart des Moulins. Paris, France, early fifteenth
century. Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Ms. Français 9, fol. 275. Click here for
image.
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Esther before Assuerus. Fragment from the altar of the church of Basler, painted by
Konrad Witz. Tempera on panel. Germany, ca. 1434-1435. Basel, Kunstmuseum.Click
here for image.
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Ester ante Asuero. Ars Moriendi. Provenza(?), Francia, siglo XV. Marseille, Bibliothéque
municipale, Ms. 89, fol. 40. Click here for image.
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The wedding of Esther and Assuerus, Vashti banished. World Chronicle (From the origins
to the sixteenth century). France, early sixteenth century. Paris, Bibliothèque SainteGeneviève, Ms. 523. Click here for image.
Author and e-mail: Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, mawalk01@ghis.ucm.es