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The Library of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest holds a rare piece of Jewish art from the seventeenth century, an illuminated scroll of the ""Book of Esther"", dated 1673. This manuscript is a unique example in terms of Jewish art because of two distinct components that it exclusively possesses. One of them is the date indicating the year 7181 in Byzantine chronology, which corresponds to the Gregorian calendar year 1673. The second component is the coat of arms of the Principality of Moldavia, placed within the escutcheon in the ornamental section at the beginning of the scroll. The book includes a full-colour reproduction of this manuscript, along with a comprehensive discussion of the origin and significance of this unique piece of Jewish Art.

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Cornelia Bodea (1916-2010) was a renowned Romanian historian and a member of the Romanian Academy. She studied under the great Romanian historians Nicolae Iorga and Gheorghe I. Bratianu. She was a distinguished scholar focusing on modern history. Cornelia Bodea was the author of numerous books and articles on Romanian history and culture.

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