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Torah ark curtain for circumcision
Lost Art-ID
573504
Title
Torah ark curtain for circumcision
Place of manufacture
Germany
Dating
1772
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Satin silk, couched silver thread embroidery on cardboard cutouts
Height
83.50 cm
Width
52.50 cm
Inventory number
B07.1554;152/098
Description
Object Name: Torah ark curtain for circumcision
Subject: Torah ark curtains and valances
Hebrew inscriptions: "Circumcision [Torah ark] curtain"; the blessing for the circumcision; the name of the donor: Rabbi Chaim, son of Yochanan from Bockenheim, and his wife Fratl, daughter of the late Yom Tov Biringen, and part of a verse based on Leviticus 12:3, that provides an indication of the Hebrew year
Holding
Judaica
Provenance
Received through JRSO (Jewish Restitution Successor Organization), Wiesbaden collecting point
Published since
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