- Object Name:
- Torah Binder
- Artist/Maker:
- Hannah Luzzato
- Bio:
- active first quarter 18th century
- Place Made:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1711/12 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silk: embroidered with silk and metallic thread
- Dimensions:
- 6 1/2 × 114 3/4 in. (16.5 × 291.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 3509
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Italian Jewish women often made and dedicated their own Torah binders. The Hebrew inscription here reads: “The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes,” from Psalm 19:9, followed by “Donation of the honorable Hannah, wife of Barukh Luzzato [may he be p[rotected] a[nd preserved], year [5]472 [=1711–12].”
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.