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The Faint Traces of the Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Kabbalah in 15–18Th-Century Architecture Cover

The Faint Traces of the Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Kabbalah in 15–18Th-Century Architecture

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 18 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Tomasz Eugeniusz MALEC  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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Figure 1.

The Tree of Life (Sephirot) from Oedipus Aegyptiacus by Athanasius Kirchner (1652) [8]. Public domain
The Tree of Life (Sephirot) from Oedipus Aegyptiacus by Athanasius Kirchner (1652) [8]. Public domain

Figure 2.

The cosmogonic organization of the world represented by spheres associated with Sephirot within Ein Sof (schema) [9]. Public domain
The cosmogonic organization of the world represented by spheres associated with Sephirot within Ein Sof (schema) [9]. Public domain

Figure 3.

The cover of Zohar; Cremona, 1559–1560 [13]. Public domain
The cover of Zohar; Cremona, 1559–1560 [13]. Public domain

Figure 4.

Letters with assigned numerical values from the 16th-century treatise on Gematria [14]. Public domain
Letters with assigned numerical values from the 16th-century treatise on Gematria [14]. Public domain

Figure 5.

The courtyard of the Abuhav synagogue; phot. R. Lindeman [24]
The courtyard of the Abuhav synagogue; phot. R. Lindeman [24]

Figure 6.

The ceiling of the Abuhav synagogue with the representation of musical instruments; phot. H. Johnson [25]
The ceiling of the Abuhav synagogue with the representation of musical instruments; phot. H. Johnson [25]

Figure 7.

The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue in Safed; phot. E. Dyan [43]
The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue in Safed; phot. E. Dyan [43]

Figure 8.

The Ari Ashkenazi synagogue ark – upper parts with the representation of a lion and the Tree of Life; phot. R. Lindman [44]
The Ari Ashkenazi synagogue ark – upper parts with the representation of a lion and the Tree of Life; phot. R. Lindman [44]

Figure 9.

The Baal Shem Tov's beth midrash in Medzhybizh [51]. Public domain
The Baal Shem Tov's beth midrash in Medzhybizh [51]. Public domain

Figure 10.

Hasidic synagogue in Chortkiv, 1910 [52]. Public domain
Hasidic synagogue in Chortkiv, 1910 [52]. Public domain

Figure 11.

Section of the synagogue in Hvizdets with crown-based shape of dome; draw. A. Breyer [57]. Public domain
Section of the synagogue in Hvizdets with crown-based shape of dome; draw. A. Breyer [57]. Public domain

Figure 12.

Double-headed eagle; polychromy in the Hodoriv Synagogue; phot. A. Breyer [58]. Public domain
Double-headed eagle; polychromy in the Hodoriv Synagogue; phot. A. Breyer [58]. Public domain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 13
Submitted on: Jun 24, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 17, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
The Kabbalah,
Kabbalist Architecture,
Architectural History,
Jewish Architecture,
Jewish Culture,
Synagogal Architecture
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

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