Torah mantle, Museum of Jewish History, Girona, Catalonia
Meil or Torah mantle, used to protect a torah scroll, red velvet, gold thread and stones, from central Europe, 19th century, in the Museum of Jewish History, opened 2000 in the Bonastruc ca Porta Centre, in the Call Jueu or Jewish Quarter, in the old town of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The Jewish community in Girona grew from the 9th century and flourished from the 12th century, when the city housed an important Kabbalistic school, until their expulsion in 1492 under the Catholic Monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14123554
Media ID
45696740
Size
5626px x 8268px
(11.5MB)
Credit
© Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2023
