Fortifications and the synagogue : the Fortress of Babylon and the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo / edited and with an introduction by Phyllis Lambert ; essays by Johan Bellaert ... [and others] ; portfolio of photographs by Richard Pare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lambert, Phyllis.

Pare, Richard.

Bellaert, Johan.

Centre canadien d'architecture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ben Ezra Synagogue (Cairo, Egypt).

Fortress of Babylon (Cairo, Egypt).

Synagogue architecture--Conservation and restoration--Egypt--Cairo.

Synagogue architecture.

Jews--Egypt--Cairo--History.

Jews.

History.

Synagogue architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Egypt--Cairo.

Physical Description:

279 pages : illustrations (come color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2001.

Summary:

The Ben Ezra Synagogue, in Cairo, is best known as the synogogue in which the 'Cairo Geniza' was found--an astonishingly rich store of ancient books, manuscripts, correspondences, and records dating back to the tenth century. Copiously illustrated with plans, engravings, and photographs, "Fortifications and the Synagogue describes the recent restoration of this ancient synagogue, as well as the historical and archaeological research essential to its preservation and to an understanding of the religious communities that founded modern Cairo. The work is unprecedented in its comprehensive examination of the subject, presenting the first measured survey and photographic study of the fortress and synagogue, the first thorough study of the Geniza manuscripts, and a complete history of the synagogue from the Geniza period to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0920785662

OCLC:

45265028