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• 05 mai 2011	12 mai 2011	17 mai 2011
  26 mai 2011

  Paris

  Lecture series - History

  Tombstones of the Jews of Padua, 1500-1850

  Cycle de conférences de David Malkiel

  The Jewish tombstones of pre-modern Europe are significant for European history, since individual burial, with individual tombstones, only became widespread among Christians in the modern era. The tombstones of Italy’s Jews are particularly valuable, because, whereas in other lands Jewish tombstones typically record the identity of the deceased and the date of death, in Italy they display creative architectural designs and graphic art, accompanied by rhymed and metered poetry. These artifacts invite integrated study of the society, art, poetry and thought of Italy’s Jews in the early modern era.

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