Glossary for Karaite Sigillography

Designs for seals used by Karaite Organizations in Poland before World War II.

Rafał Witkowski

witkowskirafal@gmail.com
(Poland)

Abstract

Very little is known about the Karaite seals used during time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The development of the administration in the Russian Empire forced Karaites to use these seals. However the new reality that emerged following the introduction of a new law in the Republic of Poland in 1936 offered them a chance to change some aspects of official Karaite iconography.


Keywords:

seals, Karaite orgaznizations, Vilnius, Troki, hachan, hazzan

References

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Published
2015-12-30

Cited by

Witkowski, R. (2015). Glossary for Karaite Sigillography: Designs for seals used by Karaite Organizations in Poland before World War II. Karaim Almanac, 4, 127–144. https://doi.org/10.33229/ak.2015.04.09

Authors

Rafał Witkowski 
witkowskirafal@gmail.com
Poland

Doktor habilitowany, absolwent Wydziału Historycznego (1991 r.) i Wydziału Neofilologii (1994 r.) Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Od 1991 r. zatrudniony w Zakładzie Źródłoznawstwa i Nauk Pomocniczych Historii Instytutu Historii UAM. Członek Komisji Historycznej Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk. W latach 1999–2000 wykładał na University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA). Jest autorem ponad 250 publikacji naukowych; obecnie prodziekan Wydziału Historycznego Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Adres do korespondencji: rwitkows@amu.edu.pl.



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