Fortifications and the Synagogue the Fortress of Babylon and the Ben Ezra Synagogue Cairo (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Plates bright and vivid. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo, is probably best known in the West as the syna gogue in which the 'Cairo Geniza' was found an astonishingly rich store of ancient books, manuscripts, miscellaneous correspondence, business records, and other scraps dating back to the tenth century. The book describes the recent restoration of this ancient synagogue, which was built within the walls of the Roman Fortress of Babylon, as well as the historical and archaeological research essential to its preser- vation and to an understanding of the interrelationship of the religious communities which founded modern Cairo. The work is unprecedented in its comprehensive examination of the subject. It presents the first measured survey and photographic study of the fortress and the synagogue and the first thorough study of the Geniza manuscripts referring to the history of the medieval synagogue and its community. It also traces the history of the synagogue after the Geniza period, from the fifteenth century to the.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text; a clean, gently used copy. Book.

Quality Paperback. Condition: Fine. Second Edition. New. Size: large Square 8vo. Signed by Editor, Phyllis Lambert. Book.

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal [Published Date: 1994]. Hardcover, 279 pp. Second Edition [2000]. Very good in very good dust jacket. Cream cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front paste-down. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges. Light overall scuffing and soiling to jacket as well. Price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations, with some in color. [From publisher] 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. Contents include: The Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in Egypt / William M. Brinner; Towards an interfaith centre : archaeology, preservation, and history / Phyllis Lambert; Archaeological survey drawings of the fortress of Babylon / Kate Spence, Peter Sheehan, Charles Le Quesne; The Roman fortifications / Peter Sheehan; Archaelogical survey of the Ben Ezra Synagogue site / Peter Sheehan; The synagogue / Charles Le Quesne; The Ben Ezra Synagogue and the ethics of restoration and conservation / Johan Bellaert; Photographs of the Ben Ezra Synagogue and its environment in old Cairo / Richard Pare; Legend and tradition at the Ben Ezra Synagogue / Charles Le Quesne;The Medieval period : the tenth to fourteenth centuries / Menahem Ben-Sasson;The Mameluke and Ottoman periods : the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries / Joseph R. Hacker; The modern period : the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Charles Le QuesneThe Geniza and the scholarly community / Charles Le Quesne; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; index.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 278 pages with index, appendix, notes and bibliography. International orders may require additional shipping costs due to size and weight of the book.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Jews, Egypt, Cairo, fortifications, synagogues) [ISBN 0297833399] A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1994. First edition. In-4, 279 pages. Original cloth with dust-jacket, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Greco-Roman, Coptic, Biblical Studies, Levant.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Richard Pare, Portfolio of photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 1994, matching dates on the copyright page and on the colophon page, no additional printings listed. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Large softcover in French wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Square 4to, 279 pages, Portfolio of photographs by Richard Pare, architectural drawings, bibliography. Large and heavy book will require additional postage for priority or international orders. ISBN 0297833399.