TY  - BOOK
AU  - Malkiel,David Joshua
TI  - Stones speak: Hebrew tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862 
T2  - Studies in Jewish history and culture
SN  - 9789004265349
AV  - DS135.I85 P25757 2014
U1  - 945/.321004924 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - LEIDEN
PB  - Brill
KW  - Jewish cemeteries
KW  - Italy
KW  - Padua
KW  - Jewish epitaphs
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - Padua (Italy)
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes index; Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Words -- 3. Stones -- 4. Lives -- Afterword -- Index
N2  - From Renaissance to Risorgimento, the Hebrew tombstones of Padua express the cultural currents of their age, in text and art. The inscriptions are mainly rhymed and metered poems, about life, love and faith, while the design and ornamentation of the actual stones reflect prevailing architectural and artistic tastes. Additionally, the inscriptions illuminate the society of Padua's Jews, and the social and cultural changes they underwent during the 330 years covered by this study. Thus these tombstones capture the flow of Italian Jewish culture from Renaissance to Baroque, and from the early modern to the modern era
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004265349
ER  -