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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown,
The silver Torah finials consist of a shaft, body, head a disk and an apex. The shaft is cylindrical and tapering. It is surmounted by a globular capital delimited by two rings. The body consists of a cylindrical shape which is divided by a flat ring and surmounted by a pear shape.It is decorated with vertical and oblique strings of a foliate pattern.At the body's top a disk is mounted. The disk's inner part consists of an inscription written in full square letters, and reads on one finial: !הצ' )הצעיר( יהודה יחיא בשארי יצ!ו )ישמרהו צורו ויוצרו(! !The young Yehuda Ihia Bashari may his Rock and Creator protect him!. and on the other: !כתר תורה פאר ישראל! !Torah crown the glory of Israel! The disk is decorated with a band of an openwork stars pattern and a band of foliate pattern. Round shaped bells hang from the disk's wavy edges alternating with coil threads. The bud shaped head is decorated with vertical strips of a foliate pattern. It is surmounted by an enlonghted bud shaped apex.
Name/Title
Torah finials | Unknown
Object
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Date
1875-1900?
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Unknown (Unknown)
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Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Subject
B | Bell
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Condition
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
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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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
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Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Negative/Photo. No.
S406735