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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Laor, Liora, 03.1995

The text of the end of days prophecy of the prophet Micah (Micah 4: 1-5), covers most of the canvas written in mirror script. The words are written in black cursive Hebrew letters without punctuation and vocalization: והיה באחרית הימים יהיה הר בית -יהוה נכון בראש ההרים ונשא הוא מגבעות ונהרו עליו עמים והלכו גויים רבים ואמרו לכו ונעלה אל הר יהוה ואל בית אלוהי יעקב ויורנו מדרכיו ונלכה בארחותיו כי מציון תצא תורה ודבר יהוה מירושלים ושפט בין עמים רבים והוכיח לגויים עצומים עד- רחוק וכתתו חרבותיהם לאתים וחניתותיהם למזמרות לא ישאו גוי אל-גוי חרב ולא ילמדון עוד מלחמה וישבו איש תחת גפנו ותחת תאנתו ואין מחריד כי-פי חרבותיהם לאתים וחניתותיהם למזמרות לא ישאו גוי יהוה צבאות דבר כי כל-העמים ילכו איש בשם אלוהיו ואנחנו נלך בשם-יהוה אלוהינו לעולם ועד "But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it and many nations shall come and say come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his path for the law shall go forth of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem and he shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks nation shall not lift up a sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them afraidfot the mouth of of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it for all people will walk every one in the name of his god and we will walk in the name of the Lord our god for ever and ever." The letters are written on a white background with the margins of the canvas left bare. The script grows larger and darker as the text progresses.

Name/Title
Sgan-Cohen, End of Days | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Acrylic on unstretched canvas
Settings
Unknown
Date
20.11.1977
Synagogue active dates
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Historical Origin
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Period
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Collection
Israel | Jerusalem | Sgan-Cohen, M.
| Artist collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Script on flat colour surfaces
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Measurements
Height
136.4 cm
Length
Width
208.2 cm
Depth
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Subject
Condition
Holes in corners, ripped in margins
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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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
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
"Hakibutz" Gallery, Tel Aviv, 1977
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Original
Documenter
| D.P. 5.95
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Negative/Photo. No.
011088