{"product_id":"this-very-stone-shall-be-a-witness-the-jewish-cemetery-in-wielkie-oczy-9780989443234","title":"This Very Stone Shall Be a Witness: The Jewish Cemetery in Wielkie Oczy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an expansion of the author's previous work, privately published in the Polish language.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e This Stone Shall Be a Witness: The Jewish Cemetery in Wielkie Oczy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a descriptive and historical analysis of the art, iconography and inscriptions of gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Wielkie Oczy a small village in southeastern Poland. It is a stunning and groundbreaking work by Andrzej Trzcinski, professor emeritus of Maria curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, a world authority and Poland's best known, most distinguished expert on the topic of traditional Jewish art, especially cemetery, sepulchral art in the Ashkenazi tradition. This publication will be of significant importance to people from around the world who are interested in the local monuments of material culture and enthusiats of Wielkie Oczy's past. It is also a resource for Jewish genealogists for whom it will be an important source of knowledge about the past of their families. Lastly, an important task of this work is its potential impact on standards of documenting Jewish cemeteries in Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrzej Trzciński\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wielkie Oczy Foundation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780989443234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrzciński, Andrzej:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andrzej Trzciński, professor emeritus of Maria-Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland), is a historian and art historian who specializes in the field of material and artistic culture of the Ashkenazi Jews. He researches Jewish antiquities in the area of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in their historical context, iconography and iconology of images on gravestones, the equipment and interior decor of synagogues as well as Hebrew epigraphy and paleography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wielkie Oczy Foundation Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43467044880499,"sku":"9.78099E+12","price":54.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_55c6148d-ae48-4032-a2f2-70d3a7257c8b.jpg?v=1755002124","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/this-very-stone-shall-be-a-witness-the-jewish-cemetery-in-wielkie-oczy-9780989443234","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}