TY - JOUR
TI - Seventeenth-century matzevot from Chęciny: Historical and cultural aspects
AU - Trzciński, Andrzej
TI - Seventeenth-century matzevot from Chęciny: Historical and cultural aspects
AB - 
	The article focuses on the seventeenth-century Jewish tombstones made of a decorative limestone (the so-called Chęciny marble) in stonecutters’ workshops operating from the early seventeenth century in Chęciny. It discusses matzevot produced in this town both for clients from other localities (including Lublin and Kraków) and for local population (matzevot preserved at the local Jewish cemetery). It analyzes their artistic and technical values as well as the situation of producers and clients in a broader historical context (such as wars and epidemics in the mid-century). It also explores the tombstones preserved in Chęciny itself as historical sources for the study of the local Jewish community and the cemetery as such. The last part of the article includes a catalogue of eleven best preserved matzevot from the Jewish cemetery at Chęciny.
VL - 2020
IS - Issue 1 (45)
PY - 2020
SN - 1506-9729
C1 - 2450-0100
SP - 1
EP - 42
DO - 10.4467/24500100STJ.20.001.12915
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-judaica/article/xvii-wieczne-macewy-z-checin-aspekty-historyczne-i-kulturowe
KW - Chęciny
KW - Jewish cemeteries
KW - Jewish tombstones
KW - Hebrew epigraphics