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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1988

The purple parokhet is made of silk velvet. The parokhet is rectangular. Five-and-five Tables ^of^the^Covenant~ surrounded by rays appear at the centre of the parokhet. A Torah^crown~ appears above the Tables of the Covenant with the inscription:

כ'  ת'

Translation: Crown of Torah (int.)

A dedicatory inscription appears on the lower part of parokhet. The parokhet is encircled by a foliate runner. The dedicatory inscription is embroidered in outline letters and reads:

נדבת לב / בן כמהורר (כבוד מורינו הרב רבי) שמעון קרויס שליש / שנת ת'ע'ר'ב' לפ"ק "

Translation: A generosity of / the honourable Rabbi, our teacher R. (int.) Simon Krois Shalish / the year (5)672=(1912)

A purple kaporet on a floral background is attached to the parokhet. It bears an inscription reads:

ועשית כפרת זהב טהור

Translation: And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold (based on: Exd. 25:17)

Name/Title
Torah Ark curtain | Unknown
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1912
Active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Unknown
Community type
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Site
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School/Style
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silk velvet ##Silver thread twisted around cotton core ##Filling stitch in couching technique ##Industrial ribbons
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height
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Width
146cm.
Depth
Circumference
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Weight
Axis
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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
Urban significance
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Textual Content
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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
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Group
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
The parokhet covers a hard wooden plaque.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
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Short Name
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Documenter
| M.S. 10.1988
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Negative/Photo. No.