Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation  and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery  in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland)

This article presents a 3D scanning method used to read the inscriptions on the oldest damaged tombstones at the Jewish cemetery in Chrzanów. To date, the technique has not been used at any other Jewish cemetery in Poland. The authors discuss the...

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Main Authors: Jacek Kościuk, Anna Michałowska-Mycielska, Marta Pakowska, Dariusz Rozmus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jagiellonian University Press 2025-03-01
Series:Studia Judaica
Online Access: https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-judaica/artykul/reading-the-illegible-a-case-study-of-the-documentation-and-analysis-of-matzevot-at-the-jewish-cemetery-in-chrzanow-lesser-poland
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Summary:This article presents a 3D scanning method used to read the inscriptions on the oldest damaged tombstones at the Jewish cemetery in Chrzanów. To date, the technique has not been used at any other Jewish cemetery in Poland. The authors discuss the techniques and methods used, how the acquired data was processed and analyzed, and what results were obtained. The work presented here is part of a broader project to inventory Jewish cemeteries in the region of Zagłębie and western Małopolska (Lesser Poland).  
ISSN:1506-9729
2450-0100