Img. ID: 233911
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The double-tiered Torah crown consists of a main section, a crest, and an apex. The main section is comprised of a base and arms. The coronet-like base is composed of a round band surmounted by six arches decorated with acanthus leaves on the edges. Biblical scenes and figures are depicted below each arch, starting in a clockwise order:

• The sacrifice of Isaac (9668),
• Jacob's dream (9669),
• Aaron,
• Moses (9670),
• David,
• Solomon (9671).

C scrolls and leaves surround the figures and a basket of fruit and a bird are placed alternately between them. Six arms radiate from the base, between the arches. Each arm is decorated with a foliate stem and they converge at the base of the crest. Birds and deer are attached to the meeting point of the arms and the crest. The canopy-like crest is decorated with vertical bands of alternating motifs. It terminates in a dome which is surmounted by a vase-shaped apex, of which one leaf still exists.