Obj. ID: 1077 Kupa Synagogue in Kraków – Ceiling – Musical instruments
To the main object: Kupa Synagogue in Kraków – Ceiling
The flat ceiling of the Kupa Synagogue is decorated with intricate geometrical frames enclosing images of holy places in Israel and also the musical instruments of Psalm 150:3-6. The musical instruments appear in each of the four corners of the ceiling, framed by geometric patterns and highlighted by a bright blue background.
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Kupa Synagogue in Kraków – Ceiling – Musical instruments | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
1920s (wall paintings)
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Documented by CJA
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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
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Ruling
Pricking
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Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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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
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Izabella Rejduch-Samkowa and Jan Samek, eds., Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce, vol. 4: Miasto Kraków, part 6: Kazimierz i Stradom; Judaica: Bóżnice, budowle publiczne i cmentarze (Warsaw: IS PAN, 1995), pp. 18-20.
Maria and Kaziemerz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóznice murowane na ziemiach dzwnei Rzeczypospolitej, (Warszawa: Krupski i S-ka, 1999), pp. 127-128.
Eleonora Bergman and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane Synagogi i domy molitwy w Polsce: Katalog (Żydowski Institut Historyczny, Warszawa, 1996), p. 65.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Documenter
Boris Khaimovich | 1994
Researcher
Boris Khaimovich | 2014
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconsdivuction
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Language Editor
Yeshayahu Gruber | 2015
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.