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Bidding Information
Lot #    25816
Auction End Date    2/16/2010 10:06:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Mizrah
Title (Hebrew)    מזרח
Author    [Liturgy - Kabbalah]
City    [America]
Publication Date    20c.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Broadside, 340:410 mm., paper laid down on board, small amount of black color completed in ink, the mat with hand drawn frames in gilt and red, framed in gild frame and glazed. Lower brass dedication plaque reads "Aaron (Sonny?) Davidson 1825-1902.
          
Detailed
Description		    Mizrah with Tetragrammaton and the Shemah as center surrounded by elaborate designs of lions and other animals, florets, columns. As a part of the daily prayer, these words became a cliche for Jewish devotion and common language. During the 18th and 19th centuries, and up to the present a votive tablet called "Mizrah," principally containing the above verse, was put up in front of those praying in the synagogue. These synagogue plaques contain other verses, concerning the Law and the Torah. Most of them were profusely decorated in shapes and colors. The most common motifs of decoration were the seven-branched menorah of the Temple, and symbolic buildings representing different "Holy Places" in Erez Israel, such as Jerusalem or the tombs of sages and righteous men. Some are decorated with animals or mythical beasts and persons. Others serve as amulets, containing magical symbols, such as the Magen David, and magical verses. Most of the Shivviti plaques derive from Eastern Europe in the 19th century. There are, however, some plaques which come from North Africa, mainly from Morocco.
          
Reference
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Listing Classification
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20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
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Kind of Judaica
Drawings:    Checked