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The Treasure: Women, Halakha and Jewelry in Medieval Northern France and Germany
Author(s)
Merav Schnitzer
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2017.12.003
Affiliation(s)
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
ABSTRACT
The
Colmar treasure display in Cluny Museum in Paris was missing with one of its
most important items, a key, made of silver. This key was rediscovered in June
2014. This paper describes its rediscover and the reason of its importance.
Based on medieval Jewish sources, it appears to be a unique key-jewel, a key
that was exclusively designed and worn by Jewish women on Shabbat (Saturday).
By that women changed the Jewish rule, to date. The Colmar key is the only
tangible sample of a key converted into Shabbat jewelry piece; the story of the
key also reveals the special relations between Jewish women and Jewish sages
and between Jewish women and Christian women in medieval northern France and
Germany.
KEYWORDS
Jewelry, keys, Jewish women, Jewish sages, Halakha (Jewish law), Christian women, medieval era
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