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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789129303321

Autore

Malkiel David Joshua

Titolo

Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : BRILL, 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece

Greece -- Antiquities

Greece -- History

Jewish cemeteries - History - Padua - Italy

Jewish epitaphs - Padua - Italy

Jews - Italy - Padua

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter One Introduction; Padua; Cemeteries; Publishing History; Chapter Two Words; Form; Prose and Rhyme; Medieval Antecedents; Metered Verse; Numbers; Language; Context; Content; Headings; Voice; Themes; Endings; Last Generation; Conclusion; Chapter Three Stones; Stone; Geology; Sources; Quarrying and Carving; Size and Shape; Architecture; Emblem; Lettering; Lineation; Carver and Client; Patterns; Chapter Four Lives; Sectors; Unattached Women; Children; Unmarrieds; Elites; Demography; Society; Community; Family; Onomastics; Afterword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Hebrew tombstones from Padua reflect the literary, artistic and social features of their age, from the early modern era to the modern age.