Obj. ID: 12074
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah mantle, Bulgaria, 1928
The cylindrical Torah mantle comprises a cloak with a vertical opening along the back and is attached to an elliptic solid top. The front is decorated with pointed-top Tables of the Covenant held by two rampant lions and surmounted by a crown, mounting a vase with flowers. The Tables bear the beginning of the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20), whereas the crown is flanked by the initials: "כ ./. ת" (Crown of Torah). A Hebrew dedicatory inscription is embroidered in square letters below the vase, and reads:
"הקדש של חיים בשן ורעיתו / לזכר המ' (המנוח) משה בשן נ"ע (נוחו עדן) ש' (שנת) ה'ת'ר'פ'ח' (5688)."
Translation: A dedication (hekdesh) by Hayyim Bashan and his wife, for the memory of the late Moses Bashan, may he rest inEden, the year 5688 (1928).
The top has two openings for inserting the Torah staves and is surrounded by a band of fringes.
8 image(s)
sub-set tree:
H | Heraldic composition | Supporters | Two lions
V | Vase | Vase with flowers
C | Crowns, the Four (listed according to Misnah, Avot, 4:13) | Crown of Law (Crown of Torah)
T | Tablets of the Law | Pointed Tablets of the Law
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Top: cardboard covered with red velvet
Intact
The front is decorated with the Tables of the Covenant flanked by lions and surmounted by a crown, mounted over a vase with flowers.
The Torah mantle is part of a collection composed of objects brought from Jewish communities all around Bulgaria.
According to the collection keeper, it was used by the Jewish community in Plovdiv.