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Une plaque extraordinaire pour la Torah (partie des collections du Musée juif d’Etat)
An Extraordinary Plaque for the Torah (Part of the Collections of the State Jewish Museum)

Author(s): Jana Doleželová
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Museology & Heritage Studies, History of Judaism, 19th Century
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: State Jewish Museum; Torah; plaque; collection;

Summary/Abstract: The contribution describes a unique Torah shield from the collections of the State Jewish Museum. The shield was made of a hussar’s haversack, the type used by the Austrian army in the first half of the 19th century.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/1982
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 107-108
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: French