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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Salmon, Naomi, 1994

The black print on white paper presents a bearded Sofer Stam in a cap, writing a Torah scroll. He appears in a white circle, flanked by a menorah with burning lights and a bookshelf. There are an inkwell and a tefillin laying on the table. The whole scene is situated in the open Torah scroll. 

The row above cites the words of Rabbi Hanina ben Teradion, גוילין נשרפין ואותיות פורחות (the parchment burning while the letters of the Law soar upward), and a reference to the source: עבודה זרה י"ח ע"א (BT, Avoda Zara, 17a).

The row below reads: מספרי שלום ואיטע וואסילעווסקי (Exlibris of Shalom and Ita Wasilewski). It is stamped over with an illegible stamp.

Name/Title
Ex libris of Shalom and Ita Wasilewski | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Field documentation
Settings
Unknown
Date
1920s-1930s (?)
Active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Origin
Poland
| ?
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Location
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Site
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School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Colors
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Measurements
Height
76 mm
Length
Width
101 mm
Depth
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Weight
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Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
The signature of the artist appears in lower right, vertically, at the Torah scroll: ל. מארקאוויטש (L. Markowitch).
Colophon
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Group
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
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Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2018
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
S424781