Yortsayt

Yortsayt

  • Place of origin:Bukovina
  • Date:1903
  • Materials and equipment:Indian ink, watercolours, and pencil on parchment
  • Size:61 х 90
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    Yortsayts
Yortsayt. Bukovina (?). 1903. Indian ink, watercolours, and pencil on parchment. 61 х 90. Hebrew. Gives memorial dates for the parents of the yahrzeit’s maker, Godel son of Isaak Matasar (d. 1875) and Fruma Leah Matasar (d. 1902), and their relatives. Depicts images of symbolic animals and memorial candles (in the form of kerosene lamps). The texts contain numerous quotations from the Bible and rabbinic literature as well as memorial prayers.