Torah Scroll and Case

Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.

Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)

These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

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Bronze sculpture of young couple, seated side-by-side and cheek-to-cheek in a garden. The ground is covered by leaves and there are many trees in the background beyond a low wall.

The Young Lovers, Festival Garden, London, UK

The young couple depicted here are in the act of embracing one another, their cheeks touching. They are one of the best-known examples of Georg Ehrlich’s representational bronze sculptures, which…

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Shield with decorative border inlaid with semi-precious stones and adorned with lions and crown at top, column on left and plaque in middle with Hebrew text.

Torah Shield, Dedicated to Sarel bat Moses Tsoref, from Her Husband

This seventeenth-century silver repoussé and partly gilt Torah shield from Germany is inlaid with semi-precious stones. In the center of the shield appear the ten commandments in a Hebrew inscription…

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