Obj. ID: 22225
Jewish Architecture Wooden synagogue in Warka, Poland
© , Photographer: Unknown,
The interior dome of the synagogue was decorated with large painting showing four Mishnaic animals in a nature setting. The pendentives of the dome were also painted with landscapes. The facet above the Torah ark had a depiction of a displayed eagle.
The existing photograph shows that the lower part of the wall were decorated with views of the Holy places in the Land of Israel.
Also, the photographs shows the Lamb, Zodiac Sign of Nisan, on the side facet of the Torah ark that means that there were other Zodiac signs depicted.
Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Wooden synagogue in Warka | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1811-1817
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Origin
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Material / Technique
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Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
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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
Urban significance
Significance Rating
1
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
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Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Heaven’s Gate: Wooden Synagogues in the Territories of the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Warsaw: Krypski i S-ka, 2004), pp. 355-358 and ill. on p. 153.
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Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2020
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Object Copyright
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The following information on this monument will be completed:
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