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The aljama. Life in communityThe aljama was the organizational structure of the Jewish communities in the Crown of Aragon. They highly depended on the Christian power. Outstanding itemsThree-handled jugGreen-glazed ceramic. 13th century, Girona. Found in the courtyard of the museum in 2012. BuckleBronze, 13th-15th centuries, Montjuïc (Girona). A belt buckle with the decorative image of an imaginary animal that may be the Leviathan, one of the main creatures inhabiting the mythological and symbolic universe of Judaism. This small gem of an item vividly evokes the everyday life of Jewish Girona. EarringsSilver. 13th-15th centuries, Girona's Montjuïc (cession of the Archeology Museum of Catalonia. Girona). |
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