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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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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)
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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)
Date:
ca. 1500
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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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Rötger Herfurth
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1769–1776
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Jacob Koppel Gans
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Holy Roman Empire (Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773
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Sadigura, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Sadhora, Ukraine)
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1880
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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Early 18th Century
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Late 17th Century
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Late 17th or Early 18th Century