The Mantua Torah Ark and Lady Consilia Norsa: Jewish Female Patronage in Renaissance Italy

Abstract

This research is dedicated to the memory of my mother, who was born in the neighborhood of Mantua. Extensive background research on the ark and Jewish Mantua is presented on a web virtual exhibition by Jerusalem’s Umberto Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art: “Mantua in Jerusalem”: project and exhibition curator – Andreina Contessa; web design and development – Moshe Caine, www.exhibitions. museumsinisrael.gov.il/eit–mantua/en/index.html.