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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Salmon, Naomi, 1994

The Torah finial consists of a base, a shaft, a body, a head and an apex.

The undulating shaft surmounts a round raised base. The upper part of the base is decorated with a round strip of floral motive. The shaft is composed of three decorated compressed globes alternating with three smooth concave units. The upper halves of the globes are decorated with a floral motive.

The body is composed of a cut cone topped by a dome both encircled by six stripes. The cone is decorated alternately with floral and geometric designs. The dome is decorated alternately with geometric designs in frames and medallions and with a floral design in openwork. Six rings carrying bells encircle the connection between the cone and the dome.

The crown shaped head surmounts the body. A floral, openwork, design, similar to the one at the body’s dome, encircles the head. Three rings carrying bells surround the head.

An acorn shaped apex tops the finial.  

Name/Title
Torah Finials | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Field documentation
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Date
1863
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Material Decoration
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Material Lining
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
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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
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Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Colophon
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Negative/Photo. No.
S107351