Miniature Torah Scroll, Russia, 20th century Scroll (Height of parchment: 6 in. (150 mm); height of text: 3 3/4 in. (96 mm); X 49 ft. 6 in. (app. 15 m). 50 membranes, 257 columns, 42 lines, blind-ruled, written in black ink on vellum in Ashkenazic STAM square script, sewn with gidin; on wooden rollers. Black velvet gartel (belt), matching black velvet mantle embroidered and bordered with golden and silver metallic thread. Housed in a velvet-lined wooden ark (16 ½ x 10 ¼ x 6 ¼ in.), with metallic handle, hinges and decorative plaques ; with matching wood surmount of Mosaic tablets (detached), inscribed with Ten Commandments. The present scroll is accompanied by a certificate from Makhon 'Ot attesting to its ritual fitness for liturgical use
Miniature Torah Scroll, Russia, 20th century Scroll (Height of parchment: 6 in. (150 mm); height of text: 3 3/4 in. (96 mm); X 49 ft. 6 in. (app. 15 m). 50 membranes, 257 columns, 42 lines, blind-ruled, written in black ink on vellum in Ashkenazic STAM square script, sewn with gidin; on wooden rollers. Black velvet gartel (belt), matching black velvet mantle embroidered and bordered with golden and silver metallic thread. Housed in a velvet-lined wooden ark (16 ½ x 10 ¼ x 6 ¼ in.), with metallic handle, hinges and decorative plaques ; with matching wood surmount of Mosaic tablets (detached), inscribed with Ten Commandments. The present scroll is accompanied by a certificate from Makhon 'Ot attesting to its ritual fitness for liturgical use
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