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Img. ID: 6252

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1992
The silver finial consists of a shaft, a body, a head and an apex. The cylindrical shaft is encircled at the bottom by a round raised base circumfered by a ring of flowers and leaves. The bottom of the shaft bears a dedicatory inscription in square filled letters which reads: "ישראל ב"ר )בן רבי( אפרים שנת תרמ'א לפ'ק " " Israel son of Rabbi Ephraim the year 5461 (1881)" The cylindrical shaft widens into an upside down conical shaped body, topped by a dome. The body is decorated with acanthus leaves and the dome bears the same decorative motif as the base. The body is surmounted by a head composed of a coronet and a canopy connected to each other by three arms in the shape of like lions salient guardant. The head is surmounted by a globular shaped apex.
Name/Title
Torah finials | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1881
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
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Congregation
Unknown
Location
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silver partly gilded ##Structure:hammered, raised, cast ##Decoration:repousee, cast, punched, engraved##Bonding: soldered, folded, pinned ##Inscription: engraved.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
253mm (Overall)
163mm (Shaft)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
85mm (shaft)
101mm (base)
57mm (body)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
L | Lion
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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
Textual Content
Unknown |
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
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
The head of the finial bears similiarity to the crest on a Torah Crown.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
From the Kiev collection
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
cf. Wien, Kunsthis. Mus., Thora (Ukraine), 1993, pp. 123 no. 29
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
| P.F. (G.I.) 2.7.1992
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.