tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post5067214410315137926..comments2024-03-26T06:12:34.223-04:00Comments on Samuel Gruber's Jewish Art & Monuments: Concrete Tombstones, The "Poor Cousins" of Matzevot TypologySamuel Gruberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06669871743659835632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-64116680457956003782017-10-08T12:53:48.166-04:002017-10-08T12:53:48.166-04:00These are really fascinating and the markers thems...These are really fascinating and the markers themselves are lovely and done with great skill. My husband and I have been doing a survey of the concrete makers here in the US and have found very few in Jewish cemeteries. We had attributed it to two main factors; the required waiting period between burial and the erection of a headstone (which gave families more time to save up for a nicer Stephanie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432374622181552547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-29704769193857265842015-11-05T08:50:04.106-05:002015-11-05T08:50:04.106-05:00Rudi, I think you are probably right - though I di...Rudi, I think you are probably right - though I didn't do measurements of the letters to make sure. There is a great uniformity of the lettering throughout. I don't know for sure how this was done - I would assume that letters were arranged carefully as full lines and held stiff and firm - like set type - and then pressed into the still damp concrete slab, which would be lying flat, Samuel Gruberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669871743659835632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-52338367793937730772015-11-04T16:38:47.464-05:002015-11-04T16:38:47.464-05:00Dear Sam,
it is very interesting, your observatio...Dear Sam,<br /><br />it is very interesting, your observations are great. What looks likely, that they also used metal Hebrew letters in the shuttering instead of carving the stone. At least it would have been logical. Can you substantiate my hypothesis?<br /><br />Rudi KleinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326336294890309769noreply@blogger.com