Home
   Under Construction!
Art Alone
© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: ,Bar Hama, Ardon, , Negative/Photo. No. Gross_027.011.063B.
Name/Title
le-Nekevah | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
circa 1750
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Gross Family Collection No.
027.011.063
Category
Material/Technique
Paper, Ink, Letterpress, Woodcut
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height: 19 cm, Width: 21.8 cm
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Hallmark
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
Description

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

This amulet is one of a pair that is among the most elaborate printed amulets known and among the relatively few printed amulets known from the 18th century. Its companion piece, a similar printed amulet for a male child, 027.011.004, is also presented in this exhibition. The text in the middle is surrounded by a baroque-designed decorative frame.  This decorative scheme features depictions of both Adam and Eve and a scene of a woman lighting the traditional Shabbat lamp above a table set for the Sabbath Eve meal. Below the main texts is a cartouche containing the three obligations of the Jewish female: niddah (the relative isolation of the woman during the ritually impure time of her period), challah (the baking of special bread for the sabbath and holidays), hadlakah (the ritual kindling of lights for the sabbath and holidays). The texts are in both Hebrew and Yiddish and include the traditional "shir le-ma'alot" prayer, supplication to Eliyahu Hanavi, specific formulas against Lilith and the mention of Sanoi, Sansanoi and Samgalaf, the three angels whose invocation protects the birthing mother and new child against Lilith.

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
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
|
Researcher
|
Architectural Drawings
|
Computer Reconsdivuction
|
Section Head
|
Language Editor
|
Donor
|