Final 14th C Wedding Rings
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Re-covered treasures of the 14th Century Plague Pogroms show evidence of communal wedding rings. Ashkanazi objects of matrimony show evidence that the 14th-century was a productive time for new Jewish ritual objects.
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Editor's Notes
- In an essay titled, “New” Examples of Jewish Ceremonial Art from Medieval Ashkenaz, by Vivian Mann, states that recent archaeological excavations have led to the recovery of numerous classical and early medieval periods, while an occasional discovery is made that dates between this period of time, however a “gap of several centuries separates these early works from the High Middle Ages, when a continuous history of Jewish ceremonial art might have been said to begin.” Knowledge of medieval Judaica derives from several sources: literary references, depiction in illuminated manuscripts, and a small body of recovered objects. Mann writes, “This evidence indicates that the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries constitute a creative period in the history of Judaica” during which many objects specific for Jewish use appear, or were adapted from surrounding cultures. One type kind of ritual object that is associated with Jewish usage is the communal wedding ring, formed as a small gabled building with the inscriptions mazel tov, Hebrew for good luck and commonly used at weddings and happy occasions. The first dated ring was recovered in 1826 in Weissenfels, now Hale, Germany, along with other jewelry dateable to the first half of the fourteenth century, making it the first example in a continuous series of manufacture. Another fourteenth century wedding ring represents the more unique adaptations of architectural forms including bezels set as a castle with turrets. This ring, mentioned in an inventory of 1598 of the Munich Kunstkammer. Although these styles of rings have been published, there is little discussion about these rings. Other Jewish ritual objects became popular in religious and secular life during Medieval periods, are Hanukah lamps, Rimmonim, or silver decorative Torah stave dressings, and the Havdalah spice container, an aquamanile used for Jewish ritual cleansing, the Tzadakah box, and the Kiddush cup, a drinking vessel for wine used often in ceremony by Jews. Jewish law is more concerned with its liquid capacity a re’vit , than its outer appearance, leading to many forms of this object reflecting regional distinctions. One form of a Kiddush cup, the double mouthed beaker, will also be examined as an object that may hold specific meaning or use in Marriage. I will explore the Communal Wedding Ring, as well as objects that demonstrate use in Marriage Ritual of inclusive of representing the ceremony and related ritual objects that reveal a more broad picture of the environment and climate of the fourteenth century bride.