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Obj. ID: 2193
Jewish Architecture
  Synagogue in Boskovice-Interior

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Khaimovich, Boris, 2014

The murals cover the walls and vaults of the central prayer hall (10 m x 8 m), the side aisles, northern and western parts of the women's gallery and vestibule. The murals on the walls of all the rooms have been preserved in fragments. All the murals were restored after World War II, in 1963, and from 1979 to 1986 when the synagogue was converted into a museum.

The murals are shaped as a carpet's floral ornament and cover the entire surface of the vaults and walls. The composition of the decorations included complicated geometrical frames, panels with the text of prayers and psalms, the image of the temple implements, and birds.

The murals of the prayer hall, the side aisle, the women's galleries, and the vestibule were created at different times and by different masters. Due to the fact that many of the inscriptions were preserved in fragments and restored at some point, the dates that they were painted may vary from the time of their original creation. However, other historical sources suggest that the originals and restorations can be dated within a decade of each other.

The various signatures of artists and donors can be divided into three stages of synagogue decoration.

The first stage refers to the year 1640. This date is posted on the ceiling of the central prayer hall. The murals of this stage were made by two artists: Mordechai son ... from Cracow and Meir Yehuda Leib from Zȕlz.

The second stage of the murals relates to the year 1695. These murals in the women's gallery were painted by artist Isaiah Maler, son of Rabbi Yehuda [Leib?] from Cracow.

The third stage of the murals refers to the year 1769. These murals on the side aisle were created by Anshel, son of Rabbi Meir.

There are also some inscriptions in the women’s gallery and in the vestibule from the years between 1705 – 1720.

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Synagogue in Boskovice-Interior | Unknown
Object Detail
Interior
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1640, 1695, 1705, 1769
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
1963 (restoration), 1979 - 1986 (restoration)
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Location
Czech Republic | Moravia | Boskovice
| Traplova St.
Site
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Condition
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Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Pricking
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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
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Colophon
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Watermark
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Fiedler, Jiří. Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (Prague:Sefer, 1991)

Klenovský, Jaroslav. Židovské památky Moravy a Slezska - Jewish Monuments of Moravia and Silesia (Brno, 2001)

Sixtová, Olga, Daniel Polakovič and Arno Pařík. Boskovice Synagogue: Guide (Prague, 2002)

http://10hvezd.cz/en/object/boskovice/

Klenovský, Jaroslav. The Gates of the Righteous: Synagogues in Moravia, Silesia, and Bohemia. Ústí nad Labem, 2012. 

Type
Documenter
Boris Khaimovich | 2014
Author of description
Boris Khaimovich | 2014
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Carmen Echevarria | 2016
Donor
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