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Ketubah between God and Israel for Shavuot
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy)

Date:

17th–18th Century

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Shavuot, Ketubot, Angels, demons & deities, Allegory

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Legal Documents, Magical Texts
Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.
Silver Torah Crown
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This silver Torah crown from Padua, Italy, is decorated with images of the tablets of law, incense utensils, the ark of the covenant, and the headdress of the high priest.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

17th–18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Allegory, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Crown with decorative carvings.