Name/Title
ShivitiEntry/Object ID
K_0779Tags
storageDescription
Large and impressive Shiviti poster with a LaMenatzeach menorah and various verses, superbly handcrafted, with a floral frame in many colors. Beautiful scribal script. Afghanistan, 1859. Inscription around the menorah: “The tiny young writer Yitzchak Cohen son of the honorable dayan … son of … the dayan , the complete and faithful sage, David, son of … Avraham. This menorah was written and signed on Thursday, the 18th of Tishrei, [1859].” One of the items that gives this Shiviti poster its special character is that the outer frame is not painted as usual, but it is made of a type of powdered silver glued to the sheet. Several passages were made separately on separate papers and pasted on the original on the large sheet to give it a beautiful, deep look.Made/Created
Date made
1859Place
* Untyped Place
AfghanistanContinent
AsiaRegion
Middle East