Obj. ID: 12878
Jewish Architecture Great Synagogue in Włodawa, Poland
Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Great Synagogue in Włodawa | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1764-1774
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
19th c., 1934, 1970
Artist/ Maker
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
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Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Yes
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
yes
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
The earliet known masonry synagogue with front corner pavilions, which probably allude to the description of the Herodian Temple in the Mishna and its its interpretation by r. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Torah ark; interior painted stucco decoration.
Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)
Significance Rating
4 (International)
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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
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Amar, Ariella and Ruth Jacoby. Ingathering of the Nations. Treasures of Jewish Art: Documenting an Endangered Legacy (Jerusalem: Center for Jewish Art, 1998), p. 58-59 with ills..
Andrzej Trzciński, The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region ([Lublin], [1989]), p. 21, ill. after p. 16.
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 145 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 159.
Kravtsov, Sergey, “The Modern-Time Theoretical Reconstructions of the Mishnaic Temple as a Source for Synagogue Architecture,” in Jewish Architecture: New Sources and Approaches, ed. Katrin Keßler and Alexander von Kienlin (Petersberg, 2015), p. 111.
Migalska, Kinga, “Muzea judaistyczne zorganizowane w synagogach w Polsce w latach 1945–1989: historia, teraźniejszość, perspektywy.” Ph.D. thesis, Jagiellonian University, 2023., pp. 209-250.
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999)., pp. 369-72 with ills. and ill. 415, 419.
Pinkas hakehilot: Polin, vol. 7: Mahozot Lublin, Kielce (Jerusalem, 1999), p. 177, ill. after p. 176;
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/08/14/update-synagogue-complex-renovation-in-wlodawa-poland/
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Computer Reconstruction
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Object Copyright
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