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Raising of the Torah, Barcelona Haggadah, Barcelona, Spain, mid 14th century, British Library, Ms. Add. 14761, fol. 65b.
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The article deals with the development of three accessories of the Sephardic Torah scroll: the Torah binder–a narrow and long strip which fastened both parts of the scroll; the Torah wrapper–which protects the parchment; and the Torah mantle–the exterior covering of the Torah scroll. These textile accessories originate in the Talmudic mapppah/ miṭp...
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... scroll being raised up high ( fig. 8). 27 This mantle is decorated with an alternating pattern in a diagonal mesh, which was typical of the Italian silk industry in the thirteenth century. 28 Both these depictions of the Sephardi Torah mantle document a late stage in its evolution, that is, when the Torah crown was already in place on its top. Of the earlier stage, before ...
