Many of the original markers are of a soft stone that over time blisters
and peels so that the writing becomes eroded and illegible. This was in
the process of happening to the matzevah of my grandfather in
the Czernowits cemetery, who died in 1929, so I had a marble plaque
inscribed with the original text and this was embedded in the original
stone encases in concrete.
Mark
On Friday, July 31, 2015, Jim Wald <jwald_at_hampshire.edu> wrote:
> Very nice, and many thanks.
>
> One question (for all on the list): I have noticed in some photos of
> graves this particular type of marker, which had a plaque set in a surround
> of what looks like concrete.
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/MReiferTaylor/CzernowitzChernivtsiJewishCemeteryJuly2015#6176933975504000178
>
> Can any of you tell me whether there is anything particular about this
> form: e.g. from a certain era, a means of recovering and preserving an
> older/damaged stone, etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
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