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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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).
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba975b16314a42748ca582199bfed03e2025-08-20T03:05:14ZengJagiellonian University PressStudia Judaica1506-97292450-01002025-03-012024139341210.4467/24500100STJ.24.020.21136Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland)Jacek Kościuk0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-8071Anna Michałowska-Mycielska1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7007-5767Marta Pakowskahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0857-2700Dariusz Rozmus2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3264-8923 Uniwersytet Warszawski Uniwersytet Warszawski Wyższa Szkoła Humanitas, ul. Kilińskiego 43, 41-200 Sosnowiec 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). 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 |
| spellingShingle | Jacek Kościuk Anna Michałowska-Mycielska Marta Pakowska Dariusz Rozmus Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) Studia Judaica |
| title | Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) |
| title_full | Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) |
| title_fullStr | Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) |
| title_short | Reading the Illegible: A Case Study of the Documentation and Analysis of Matzevot at the Jewish Cemetery in Chrzanów (Lesser Poland) |
| title_sort | 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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