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Obj. ID: 31122
Jewish Architecture
  Beit Midrash in Gyöngyös, Hungary

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2018

The beit midrash was presumably built in the 1930s. It features the crowned Tablets of the Law on its western façade and a large Hebrew inscription (“in the great congregation I will praise the Lord,” Ps. 26:12) on its northern façade.

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Name/Title
Beit Midrash in Gyöngyös | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1930s?
Synagogue active dates
until WWII?
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Hungary | Heves County | Gyöngyös
| Körösi Csoma Sandor u., corner of Gárdonyi Géza u.
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
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Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Hebrew inscription on the northern façade, the crowned Tablets of the Law on the western façade.
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
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
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Salinger, Gerhard. Journeys in Hungary: Jewish Communities of the Past and Present. New York: By the author, 2006.
Type
Documenter
Vladimir Levin | 2018
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
Keller Foundation | 2018
Negative/Photo. No.
The following information on this monument will be completed:
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