A Wandering Scribe and His Illustrated Esther Scrolls

This lecture will explore the remarkable artistic career of Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goray, an 18th-century Jewish scribe whose journey across Europe is documented through the decorated and illustrated megillot he created along the way.

Sharon Liberman Mintz is the curator of Jewish art at the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and specializes in the art of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts and rare printed books. Over the course of 35 years at the library, she has curated more than 45 exhibitions and co-authored 11 exhibition catalogs. Since 1995, Mintz has also served as the senior consultant for Judaica and Hebraica at Sotheby’s, cataloging and appraising Hebrew books for Judaica auctions worldwide.