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This Torah curtain was donated to the Altneuschul (Staranova Synagogue) in Prague in 1602 by Natan ben Issachar (called Karpel Zaks), and Hadassi bat Moses, who commissioned it, as attested to by its…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Date:
1602
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This intricately decorated textile, possibly used as a Torah cover, was produced in Prague around 1600. Four squares adorn its center, the top two containing vases ringed by flowers and vines and the…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1600
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This Torah ark curtain from Venice was made by Simḥah, the wife of Menachem Levi Meshuallami, a member of a prominent family in the Venice ghetto. It is embroidered in silk and silk-metallic thread…
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Wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1680/1
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This Torah ark curtain was donated to a synagogue in Prague by Leib ben Hezekiah Tausk Nagelstock and his wife Reykhl, daughter of Lemel Lichtenstadt. The composition of the curtain is stylized…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1697
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This splendid Torah ark curtain, made in Kriegshaber, Germany, is the work of the embroiderer Elkana Schatz Naumberg of Fürth, whose name appears in an inscription in the central bottom section. It is…
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Elkana Schatz Naumberg
Places:
Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire (Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724