Perani introduces the Corpus Epitaphiorum Hebraicorum Italiae (CEHI), a project founded by him to publish a complete corpus of the epitaphs preserved in Italian Jewish cemeteries of the sixteenth-nineteenth centuries. In the Barocco period and later, the art of writing Hebrew epitaphs, true or fictitious, commissioned by relatives or written for himself as a personal after-death-memory, became a discrete literary genre, formulated in rhyme and rhythm by rabbis and learned scholars. This poetical feature is typically Italian, and the epitaphs often constitute a true diwan of poetry, as well as an important source for historical and genealogical study. Perani also illustrates the evolution, language and style of Italian Jewish epitaphs as well as their palaeographical development and stylistic characteristics. This source, testifying to the concept of the death in the Italian Jewish communities, may be integrated with other manuscript evidence such as personal records or the statutes of charitable fraternities charged with burying the dead.
The Corpus Epitaphiorum Hebraicorum Italiae (CEHI): A Project to Publish a Complete Corpus of the Epitaphs Preserved in Italian Jewish Cemeteries
PERANI, MAURO
2014
Abstract
Perani introduces the Corpus Epitaphiorum Hebraicorum Italiae (CEHI), a project founded by him to publish a complete corpus of the epitaphs preserved in Italian Jewish cemeteries of the sixteenth-nineteenth centuries. In the Barocco period and later, the art of writing Hebrew epitaphs, true or fictitious, commissioned by relatives or written for himself as a personal after-death-memory, became a discrete literary genre, formulated in rhyme and rhythm by rabbis and learned scholars. This poetical feature is typically Italian, and the epitaphs often constitute a true diwan of poetry, as well as an important source for historical and genealogical study. Perani also illustrates the evolution, language and style of Italian Jewish epitaphs as well as their palaeographical development and stylistic characteristics. This source, testifying to the concept of the death in the Italian Jewish communities, may be integrated with other manuscript evidence such as personal records or the statutes of charitable fraternities charged with burying the dead.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
