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Tombstone of David ben Solomon Gans
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This is an image of the tombstone of David Ganz, Prague. Born in Lippstadt (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), Ganz (1541–1613) was a chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer, and…

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1613

Subjects:

Gravestones, Memorial, Rabbis, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Tombstone in graveyard with triangular top, Hebrew inscription, and Star of David.
Yado ba-kol (His Hand Against Every Man)
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A song I engraved on the tombstone (matzevet) of my master, my father, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come. The holy seed shall be its stock (matzavtah; Isaiah 6:13), is it not the…

Contributor:

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

Beginning of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Death, Gravestones, Burial, Mourning, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Inscriptions