Obj. ID: 10031 Fabric Synagogue in Timişoara, Romania
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Name/Title
Fabric Synagogue in Timişoara | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Date
1899
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community
Location
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period Detail
Gross Family Collection No.
Category
Material/Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Hallmark
Iconographical Subject
Unknown |
Condition
Extant
Yes
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
yes
Present Usage
Abandoned
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
D (Very bad)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Description
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
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
History/Provenance
The synagogue is on the list compiled in 2022 by the World Monuments Fund of 25 heritage sites around the world deemed at particularly high risk.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
"Romania: a new Jewish Timisoara virtual museum is launched, " Jewish Heritage Europe, June 25, 2021, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2021/06/25/romania-a-new-jewish-timisoara-virtual-museum-is-launched/ (accessed March 6, 2022)
"Romania: Timisoara’s long-derelict Fabric Synagogue (designed by Lipot Baumhorn) is on the 2022 World Monuments Fund Watch list of world heritage at risk," Jewish Heritage Europe, March 1, 2022, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/03/01/romania-timisoara/ (accessed March 6, 2022)
Streja, Aristide and Lucian Schwarz, Synagogues of Romania ([Bucharest]: Hasefer Publishing House, 1997), pp. 113, 117, 190, ills 98-99.
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