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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1989
The purple and green parokhet is made of$$1?. The rectangular cloth is decorated with a woven-in geometric pattern. It has a central Star^of^David, which bears an inscription. It is surrounded by a frame which consists of circles. Some of them bear a dedicatory inscription. There are circles located inside the frame. The two upper ones bear a dedicatory inscription too. The dedicatory inscription is embroidered in full, yellow letters. It starts at the right corner, and reads: קודש % להשם % תרומת בנים % ובנות ## לע"ינ )לעילוי נשמת( אמם ## נלב"ע )נפתר לבית עולמו( כ"ג % אדר א תש"א ## לע"נ אביהם ## נלב"ע )נפטר לבית עולמו( כ"ט אדר תש"ג "Dedicated to % the Lord % a donation % of the sons ## and the daughters ## for the exaltation of the soul of (int.) their mother ## who passed away (int.) on the 23th ## of the first Adar (5)701=1941 for the exaltation of the soul of ## their father ## who passed away (int.) ## on 29th of Adar (5)703=1943" On the circle inside the frame on the right the dedicatory inscription reads: בנימין ## בן חכם אהרון ## כהן זצ'ל )זכר צדיק לברכה( "Benjamin ## son of the wise Aharon ## Cohen the rightous of blessed memory" On the circle inside the frame on the left the dedicatory inscription reads: בחורה חנה ## בת חכם שמעון ## אסולין זצ'ל )זכר צדיק לברכה( "The girl Hanah ## daughter of the wise Samson ## Asulin the rightous of blessed memory" In the Star^of^David the inscripiton reads: תנצב'ה " May their soul be bound up in the bond of life" At the bottom of the parokhet the inscription reads: רה )ראש הקהל( תשי"ב "The head of the congregation (5)712=1952"
Name/Title
Torah Ark curtain | Unknown
Object Detail
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Date
1952
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Collection
Israel | Sc_061
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
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Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Extant
Documented by CJA
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Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Script
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Ruling
Pricking
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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
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Coin Ruler
Coin Year
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Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
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Group
Group
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Group
Trade Mark
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
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Main Surveys & Excavations
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Negative/Photo. No.
S116192