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Jacob Koppel Gans
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(Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773
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Wilhelmus Angenendt
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1809
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Artist Unknown
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Bingen, Holy Roman Empire
(Bingen, Germany)
Date:
1700
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…
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Isfahan, Safavid Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
16th Century
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This Torah ark, installed in a synagogue in the Italian town of Urbino, is a fine example of Renaissance Judaica. Carved from walnut in the early sixteenth century, the ark belonged to the Sephardic…
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Urbino, Duchy of Urbino
(Urbino, Italy)
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ca. 1500
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Home to a Jewish community from at least the thirteenth century, Pesaro later became the refuge of Portuguese and Spanish Jews in the sixteenth century. In 1642, a few years after the town’s Jews were…
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Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino
(Pesaro, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th Century
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czechia)
Date:
1602
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Artist Unknown
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Dordrecht, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Dordrecht, Netherlands)
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1590–1611
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These Torah finials from Cochin, India, were made around 1565. Elegant and simple, made from metal, their surfaces appear to be hammered, with one adorned with a Hebrew inscription. The earliest…
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Artist Unknown
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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ca. 1565
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This Hanukkah Lamp from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude and…
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Artist Unknown
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17th Century