Book/Printed Material Pinkas of the Talmud Torah Religious School from Kopychintsy.
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Title
- Pinkas of the Talmud Torah Religious School from Kopychintsy.
Summary
- This pinkas (record book) of the Talmud Torah religious school from the town of Kopychintsy in eastern Galicia, Ukraine, reflects the activity of a religious school in the late 19th century. It consists of the traditional components of such works: the title page, the second title, blessings, the statutes, a list of members of society, and the diaries of the activities of the Talmud Torah school. All pages of the pinkas are richly decorated in the traditional manner of this type of Jewish document. The title pages are designed as portals bearing architectural elements with flora and zoomorphic ornaments. Separate pages are decorated with the cycle of the zodiac, vignettes, cartouches, and other decorative elements. Some of the decorated pages of the pinkas previously were published in 1918 and republished in 1994 and 2001. This pinkas is in the collection of the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1873 to 1889]
Headings
- - Ukraine--Ternopil's'ka Oblast--Kopychintsy
- - 1873 to 1889
- - Illuminations
- - Jews
- - Records
- - Religious education
- - Schools
- - Talmud Torah (Judaism)
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 8 folios : paper, ink, and gouache : 370 x 240 millimeters.
- - Original resource at: V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.
- - Content in Hebrew.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667538
Online Format
- compressed data
- image