Obj. ID: 14505
Jewish Architecture Batei Rand: Zikhron Menahem Synagogue in Jerusalem - Bimah
To the main object: Zikhron Menahem Synagogue in Jerusalem - Interior
The Reader’s desk is a rectangular closed table. It is composed of a slanted upper board for the reading of the Torah and two shelves.
Two doors are set on the frontal side. They are flanked by three cylindrical undulating columnets, the two outer ones being mounted on a base. The doors and the remaining sides of the table bear two panels delimited by wavy frames.
The double shelves for prayer books are set on top of the back side. The shelves are enclosed on three sides in a balustrade composed of undulating columnets. Four cylindrical finials extend the corners of the balustrade.
The Reader’s desk stands on four spherical legs.
The Reader’s desk is located in the centre of the synagogue, in front of the Torah ark and close to it
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Name/Title
Batei Rand: Zikhron Menahem Synagogue in Jerusalem | Unknown
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Object Detail
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Date
1909
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Material / Technique
Wood, varnished
Structure: Carved
Decoration: Carved, cut
Bonding: Double-click
Inscription: Not relevant
Structure: Carved
Decoration: Carved, cut
Bonding: Double-click
Inscription: Not relevant
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Measurements
Height: back 1210 mm, front 1040 mm, shelves (until the edges of the columns) 505 mm
Width: 1060 mm
Length: 845 mm
Width: 1060 mm
Length: 845 mm
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Extant
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Architectural Significance type
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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History/Provenance
The reader’s desk was commanded along with the Torah ark and the prayer pulpit from the town Przemysl in Galicia, by Menahem Rand in 1909?.
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