| Translated title | Judaica from the Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw |
| Author & Curator |
Ewa Martyna. |
| Editor |
Elżbieta Jurczyszyn. |
| Imprint |
Warsaw, Poland, 1993. 310 pp., illustrations: 16 col., 101 b&w, 21 × 23 cm. Polish and English. |
| ISBN |
8371000081 |
| Location |
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (1993) |
| Description |
The Museum’s entire Judaica collection. Introduction includes brief overview of Jewish art collections in Poland, beginning in the late 19th C. Main essay “Jewish Art: Style and Symbolic Meaning” (pp. 13–15). Vast majority of the catalog dedicated to the objects, which are presented according to: Synagogue, Home/ Life Cycle, and Holidays, each with in-depth introductory texts and descriptive entries. Numerous examples of besamim and Torah ornaments. 340 items. |
| main keywords |
BESAMIMCEREMONIAL OBJECTSCOSTUMEHANUKKAH LAMPSJEWISH ART, EXISTENCE/CHARACTERISTICS OFSYNAGOGUE TEXTILESTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
BookbindingsBrusttichlCandlesticks/CandelabraCircumcision implements/objectsClocks/WatchesEtrog containersHead coverings, men’sHead coverings, women’sKeter TorahKiddush cupsPesach platesPidyon ha-Ben platesPlatesPurim platesRimmonimSeals/Stamps, ringsSchpanyer arbetScrolls of Esther, casesTassTefillin casesTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah mantlesTzedakah boxes/containersWedding ringsWriting implementsYadYom Kippur belt buckles |