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Img. ID: 23961

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1997

The prismatic tower-shaped Torah finial consists of a shaft, a body and an apex.

The cylindrical shaft is mounted over a raised flower-shaped base surmounted by a ring. An additional ring tops the shaft.

The tapering tower-shaped body is formed of six facets. It is mounted over a compressed globe and is divided into three tiers by blank bands topped by a dome. The compressed globe is encircled by a winding branch with leaves. It is mounted over a truncated conical base and surmounted by a concave ring with a hexagonal upper edge. 

Each of the facets is decorated in openwork. The lower tier has a horseshoe arch opening, surmounted by a flower. Two branches stem from the flower and flank the arch. An open hand (hamsa) pendant is hung in the center of the arch.

The central tier is decorated with a leafy branch topped by an iris, whereas the third storey has a rectangular window enclosing an open hand (hamsa).

Scrolled loops, carrying chains with crescent-shaped pendants are attached to the angles between the facets of the lower tier.

A round dome set upon a concave cylinder is mounted over the body terminating with a flower-shaped circlet.

A floral apex surmounts the finial.

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Date
19th century
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Tunisian| Northern Tunisia
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
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Codicology
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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
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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