Artist
Unknown Italian
CultureItalian (Mantua)
Titles
- Torah Mantle
Datelate 17th century
MediumLinen and silk
DimensionsOverall: 23 × 11 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (58.4 × 29.2 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Velva G. Levine
Object number2023.40
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignInscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Handwritten note on parchment sewninside the mantle, translated by Shaul Seidler-Feller of Sotheby's::
With God's help
The Lord God is truth, [and this inscription is] a note of truth regarding the Torah of truth with which God has graced His servants, namely the dear brothers—the esteemed physician, the honorable Benjamin Isaac Fano and his brother, may God keep them. It was brought to the Italian Synagogue, may God protect it, on the eve of the holy Sabbath on which Parashat Ha'azinu is read, in the manner of brides going to their weddings, with joy, song, and burning torches, with the thoroughgoing stipulation that they can remove it (ie - the Torah scroll) therefrom—they, their descendants, their descendants' descendants, their agents, and their heirs after them—at any time they wish. May it be [His] will that they merit to perform the commandments and live long, good lives. Amen.
With God's help
The Lord God is truth, [and this inscription is] a note of truth regarding the Torah of truth with which God has graced His servants, namely the dear brothers—the esteemed physician, the honorable Benjamin Isaac Fano and his brother, may God keep them. It was brought to the Italian Synagogue, may God protect it, on the eve of the holy Sabbath on which Parashat Ha'azinu is read, in the manner of brides going to their weddings, with joy, song, and burning torches, with the thoroughgoing stipulation that they can remove it (ie - the Torah scroll) therefrom—they, their descendants, their descendants' descendants, their agents, and their heirs after them—at any time they wish. May it be [His] will that they merit to perform the commandments and live long, good lives. Amen.
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