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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1754
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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17th–18th Century
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wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1680/1
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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)
Date:
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)
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Late 16th Century
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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire
(Bolzano, Italy)
Date:
1698/9
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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17th Century
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16th Century
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1543
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1655