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Thoramäntel aus der Textiliensammlung des Staatlichen Jüdischen Museums in Prag (1750-1800)
The Torah Cloaks from the Textile Collection of State Jewish Museum in Prague (1750-1800)

Author(s): Ludmila Kybalová
Subject(s): Cultural history, Jewish studies, Museology & Heritage Studies, Ethnohistory, History of Judaism, 18th Century
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Jews; Torah cloaks; textile collection; museum; Prague; 18th century;

Summary/Abstract: The article was preceded by another one published in Judaica Bohemiae, vol. IX/1973, No. 1. This time the authoress deals with Torah mantles dating from the years 1750-1800. She is interested in the makers and provenance of the mantles from the collection of the State Jewish Museum, classifies them, studies the most remarkable examples and surveys their development in the above period.

  • Issue Year: X/1974
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 69-90
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: German