Obj. ID: 58870
Architecture Rabbi Sassi Synagogue in Djerba - Torah Ark
To the main object: Rabbi Sassi Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia
The rectangular Torah ark is placed within a niche above the staircase, at the southern part of the eastern wall. The ark is divided into three vertical parts: a central wide compartment flanked by two narrow side units. All are blocked by double-winged elongated doors of which the central one is decorated with two rhombuses.
The inner space is a rectangular niche covered with a straw mat on which the Torah scrolls are placed.
The Torah ark is painted brown framed with a golden frame.
A storage closet is placed beneath the ark.
Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Torah Ark, Rabbi Sassi Synagogue in Djerba | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1905
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Origin
Historical Origin
Community type
Congregation
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Location
Site
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School/Style
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Period
Period Detail
Collection
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Documentation / Research project
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1 image(s)
1 image(s)
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Wood, paint
Structure: sawed
Decoration: painted
Bonding: nailed
Structure: sawed
Decoration: painted
Bonding: nailed
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height: 1.60 m
Width: 1.90 m
Depth: 0.40 m
Width: 1.90 m
Depth: 0.40 m
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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
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Script
Number of Lines
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Pricking
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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
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Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance
The cupboard was placed after the hall gained its new function as a synagogue.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Amar, Ariella. “Batei kneset, tashmishei kdusha” In Tunisia, ed. Haim Saadoun (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, 2005): 251-268.
Bismuth-Jarrassé, Colette and Dominique Jarrassé, Synagogues de Tunisie: monuments d'une histoire et d'une identité (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre: Esthétiques du divers, 2010)
Mazoz, Yehonatan, Yahadut I Djerba: Sefer Divrei-Yemei-Yehudei Ha-I "Djerba", Oto I Ha-Mefursam Ba-Avar U-Va-Hoveh, Be-Drom Tunisia (Tzfat: Hotza'at Ha-Mehaber, 1978)
Type
Documenter
Efrat Assaf-Shapira | 07.97
Author of description
Efrat Assaf-Shapira; Ariella Amar | 09.03; 09.11
Architectural Drawings
Boris Lekar | 07.97
Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Ariella Amar | 10.03; 09.11
Language Editor
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Donor
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Object Copyright
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The following information on this monument will be completed:
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