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A decorated plaque hung from the staves of a Torah when not in use; it also contains information about the Torah reading.
The Anatomy of a Gilded Torah Shield.
Cohen, Richard. “Torah Breastplates from Augsburg in the Israel Museum.” The Israel Museum News, vol. 14, 1978, pp. 75-85.
Doleželová, Jana. ” Thoraschilde aus den Werkstätten der Prager Silberschmiede in den Sammlungen des Staatlichen jüdischen Museums.” Judaica Bohemiae, vol. XIX, no. 1, 1983, pp. 22-34.
Fornari, Salvatore. Gli Argenti Romani. Rome: Edizioni Del Tritone, 1968.
Grafman, Rafi. Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York. Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1996, pp. 77-184.
Heimann-Jelinek, Felicitas, “Unconventionally Orthodox.” Windows on Jewish Worlds: Essays in Honor of William Gross, Collector of Judaica, ed. Shalom Sabar et al., Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2019, pp. 85-93.
Kuntoš, Jaroslav. Silver Judaica: From the Collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Prague: Židovské muzeum v Praze, 2012, pp. 88-129.
Landsberger, Franz. “The Origin of European Torah Decorations.” Hebrew Union College Annual, vol. 24, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, 1952, pp. 133–50.
Seipel, Wilfried, ed. Thora und Krone. Kultgeräte der Jüdischen Diaspora in der Ukraine [Torah and Crown. Ceremonial Objects of the Jewish Diaspora in the Ukraine]. Vienna: Wien Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1993, pp. 126-61.
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