Img. ID: 13744
Online collection of the ritual objects from the E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute is available here: http://cbj.jhi.pl/collections/964689
Name/Title
Torah mantle | *Synagogue Objects | Torah mantle
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1875-1899?
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Category
Material / Technique
Silk, cotton, metal threads
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
gold threads in laid and couched embroidery, Foundation: cardboard
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
gold threads in laid and couched embroidery, Foundation: cardboard
Material Additions
fringed band, paillettes
Material Cloth
brown silk satin
Material Lining
green cotton satin with an additional woof thread
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
870 mm
Length
Width
880 mm
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
810 mm
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Unknown |
Condition
Intact
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
1. The Torah mantle is made up of several pieces of cloths adjusted to the trapezoid shape. It is a secondary use of a wedding dress (Bindel) or another piece of clothing.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
A collection of ritual objects was confiscated from the Greek Jews when they were transported to Auschwitz during World War II. This Torah mantle was transferred to the museum in 1948 from Naro?no, a city in Lower Silesia where the Nazis stored the objects.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
• Amar, Ariella, and Irina Chernetsky. Jewish Art in Greece: The Collection of the Jewish Museum of Greece. Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2007. Internal publication.
• Juhasz, Esther. “The Material Culture of Sephardic Jews in the Western Ottoman Empire (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries).” In The Jews of the Ottoman Empire. Edited by Avigdor Levy, 575-583. Princeton: The Institute of Turkish Studies, 1994.
• Juhasz, Esther. “Arigim ve-rekamot ba-bayit u-ve-veit ha-keneset.” In Yehudei Sepharad Ba-Imperia Ha-Ottomanit. Edited by Esther Juhasz, 64-119. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1989. In Hebrew.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
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Documenter
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Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Object Copyright
The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (JHI)
Negative/Photo. No.