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Obj. ID: 57117
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  Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel synagogue in Elkins Park, PA, USA - Stained glass

© Samuel D. Gruber, Photographer: Gruber, Samuel D., 2019
Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
"The Prophetic Quest" stained glass panels in the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel synagogue in Elkins Park, PA | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1974 (stained glass)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Landau, Jacob (American artist)
{"6087":"1917-2001"}
Historical Origin
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Community type
Congregation
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Iconographical Subject
P | Prophet
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Material Decoration
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Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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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
Urban significance
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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
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Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Signature
Colophon
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Decoration Program
Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance

Landau created the original drawings, Benoit Gilsoul transcribed the original drawings into working cartoons, and the stained glass studio Willet Studios (Willet Hauser Architectural Glass) made the windows.

These windows, five on each side, were commissioned in 1970 and installed in 1974. 

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