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

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Marriage, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
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.
Jewish Wedding
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In this engraving from a Dutch translation of Leone Modena’s Historia de’ riti Ebraici (History of the Jewish Rites), a Jewish wedding in Amsterdam is pictured. Groom and bride stand under the huppah…

Contributor:

Jan Luyken

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1683

Subjects:

Marriage, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Dress, Ethnography

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Dress & Adornment
Print engraving of indoor scene with people standing around couple under large canopy with musicians in background.