ЕПІТАФІЇ ДАВНІХ ЮДЕЙСЬКИХ КЛАДОВИЩ СХІДНОЇ ГАЛИЧИНИ ЯК ДЖЕРЕЛО ДЛЯ ІСТОРИЧНИХ ТА МИСТЕЦЬКИХ СТУДІЙ
THE EPITAPH OF THE ANCIENT JUDAIC CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GALICIA AS A SOURCE FOR HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to analyze the structure of the traditional Jewish epitaph, to highlight the peculiarities of the compilation of texts of varying complexity, to characterize their connection with the symbolism of the memorial plastic facades of the mitzvahs of the Eastern Galicia of XVI - the first third of the XX century. The methodology of the study involves the use of several methods: comparative, formal-stylistic, structural-typological. For analysis of composite schemes, art criticism categories, as well as practical experience of visual, stylistic, morphological-compositional, and sophisticated analysis, are used. The scientific novelty is that the structure of the traditional Jewish epitaph was first studied in detail, the basic principles of constructing composite schemes of texts of varying complexity were determined, their significance and place in the compositional resolution of the facades of the Galician mitzvahs were outlined. The original texts of the epitaphs and their translations, introduced in the article, are published for the first time. Conclusions. The author analyzes the structure of the traditional Jewish epitaph, describes its purpose, structure, and content. It is discovered that the function of the epitaph is determined by its structural elements. The method of scientific elaboration of texts of various complexity is offered, and their connection with the symbols of the memorial plastic of the faces of the mitzvahs is described. It is determined that the epitaph of the ancient Judaic cemeteries of Eastern Galicia XVI - the first third of the XX century is a valuable source for historical research and artistic studies.

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