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RitualXVIIIe-XIXe siècle

Embroidered Torah Binder (Wimpel) from Bavaria

Enrich the Great Book

וימפל רקום מבוואריה

Description

Long linen band girding the Torah scroll, made from the swaddling cloth used at the boy's circumcision, cut into strips and sewn end to end. Silk embroidery, favored over painting in Bavaria, inscribes in large ornamented letters the child's name, birth date and the blessing for Torah, marriage and good deeds, illustrated with a wedding canopy.

Features

Material
Lin brodé de soie polychrome
Provenance
Bavière et Franconie (Allemagne du Sud)

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