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Rectangular cloth, folded in two places, with Hebrew text embroidered on bottom half of cloth and floral border on top half.

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Torah Binder

Honorata Foa

1582/3

Three cylindrical embroidered cloth covers, two with crowns on top and one with two finials on top.

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Torah Mantles

1735–1737

Rectangular cloth arranged in two columns embroidered with Hebrew text and small Star of David on right side.

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Linen Torah Binder

Wife of Shimon Soave

17th Century

Cloth cover with embroidery and metal crown, and crown resting on top of cloth.

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Torah Mantle

ca. 1655

Printed page of Latin text, with portrait of man in center, surrounded by wreath with cherubs, and Latin text in decorative frame below.

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Dialoghi di m. Magino Gabrielli Hebreo, sopra l’utile sue inventioni circa la seta (Dialogues of Magino Gabrielli, Hebrew, On the Utility of His Inventions in Silk Production)

Meir Magino

1560

Coat with an ornately embroidered neckline.

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Coat of Rabbi Suleiman Mani, Ottoman Palestine

Early 20th Century

Cloth embroidered with decorative flowers, spirals, and lines.

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An Ottoman Torah Ark Curtain Made from a Woman's Dress

Early 20th Century

Cloth with embroidered crest in the center with Hebrew text on either side, with floral motifs on left and right edges.

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Torah Wrapper, Rome

1728

Cloth embroidered with Hebrew writing under columned archway and surrounded by decorative border.

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Torah Curtain

Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro

1620

Cloth embroidered with columns on either side and building in the middle with turrets and dome, with small Hebrew inscription above.

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Torah Ark Curtain

ca. 1735

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Call Me Ruth

Marilyn Sachs

1982