The Tite Miniature Torah Scroll, in Hebrew, manuscript on vellum [northern Europe / Ashkenaz (probably southern Germany or France), eighteenth century] a scroll, 51 membranes, 120mm. by 14200mm., the text in 265 columns (each approximately 90mm. by 40mm. and with 42 lines) in dark brown ink in a formal square Hebrew script, annotated in red ink with Bible chapters, stitching between some membranes becoming loose, small areas of discolouration, else outstanding condition, with original or near-contemporary turned and elaborately chip-carved ivory rollers terminating in carved crowns (one set perhaps a near-contemporary replacement), Torah cloak embroidered with gold and silver thread, turned ivory Torah pointer, and early nineteenth-century mahogany portable Torah ark with silk lining and polished brass fittings, feet and silk curtain embroidered with gold thread (thread coming loose in one or two places)
The Tite Miniature Torah Scroll, in Hebrew, manuscript on vellum [northern Europe / Ashkenaz (probably southern Germany or France), eighteenth century] a scroll, 51 membranes, 120mm. by 14200mm., the text in 265 columns (each approximately 90mm. by 40mm. and with 42 lines) in dark brown ink in a formal square Hebrew script, annotated in red ink with Bible chapters, stitching between some membranes becoming loose, small areas of discolouration, else outstanding condition, with original or near-contemporary turned and elaborately chip-carved ivory rollers terminating in carved crowns (one set perhaps a near-contemporary replacement), Torah cloak embroidered with gold and silver thread, turned ivory Torah pointer, and early nineteenth-century mahogany portable Torah ark with silk lining and polished brass fittings, feet and silk curtain embroidered with gold thread (thread coming loose in one or two places)
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