Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.17234/RadoviZHP.51.14
Hebrew Headstone Inscriptions at Zagreb’s Mirogoj Cemetery
Igor Kusin
Abstract
Since the opening of a central Zagreb cemetery at Mirogoj in 1876, one of its four sections was set aside for Israelite (Jewish) community. Some of the graves in this section, 52 of them, bear inscriptions in Hebrew. The nature of the inscriptions vary, from mere mention of the first and last names, kinship, date of death and age to short poetic texts that sometimes incorporate first names as acrostics. This paper deals with the diachronic incidence of inscriptions, with an analysis of first names appearing on the inscriptions, and an analysis of the surnames mentioned. Some discrepancies between the existing data are highlighted and texts that mention no name in particular are quoted.
Keywords
headstone inscriptions; Zagreb Jews; Hebrew inscriptions; Jewish first names; Jewish family names
Hrčak ID:
236025
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Publication date:
16.12.2019.
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