Obj. ID: 13757
Jewish Architecture Great Synagogue in Zamość, Poland
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
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Name/Title
Great Synagogue in Zamość | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1610-1620
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
1960s; 2005
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
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
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Yes
Documented by CJA
No
Surveyed by CJA
yes
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
The synagogue's restoration is a key point of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
The synagogue was built as a part of Renaissance ideal city, which ihas been placed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The synagogue's interior design inaugurated the type of hall synagogues spanned with clositer vaults with corner squinches.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Masonry Torah ark. Stucco decoration.
Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter
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
Andrzej Trzciński, The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region ([Lublin], [1989]), p, 15.
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 150 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 178.
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999)., pp. 157-62 with ills. and ills. 51, 68, 81, 94.
Pinkas hakehilot: Polin, vol. 7: Mahozot Lublin, Kielce (Jerusalem, 1999), p. 205;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/zamosc/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/4,the-great-synagogue-9-zamenhofa-street-/
Type
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Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.
The following information on this monument will be completed:
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