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.

Title & Author:

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Montreal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2001.

Description:

279 pages : illustrations (come color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword: The Jewish, Christina, and Muslim Communities in Egypt / William M. Brinner -- Introduction: Towards an Interfaith Centre: Archaeology, Preservation, and History / Phyllis Lambert -- pt. I. Archaeological and Historical Topography -- Portfolio 1. Archaeological Survey Drawings of the Fortress of Babylon / Kate Spence, Peter Sheehan and Charles Le Quesne -- Ch. 1. The Roman Fortifications / Peter Sheehan -- Ch. 2. Archaeological Survey of the Ben Ezra Synagogue Site / Peter Sheehan -- Ch. 3. The Synagogue / Charles Le Quesne -- pt. II. Restoration and Conservation of the Ben Ezra Synagogue -- Ch. 4. The Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Ethics of Restoration and Conservation / John Stewart -- Portfolio II. Architectural Drawings of the Ben Ezra Synagogue Restored / Johan Bellaert -- Ch. 5. An Account of the Ben Ezra Synagogue Restoration Project, 1989-91 / Johan Bellaert -- Portfolio III. Photographs of the Ben Ezra Synagogue and Its Environment in Old Cairo / Richard Pare -- pt. III. The Synagogue and the Community -- Ch. 6. Legend and Tradition at the Ben Ezra Synagogue / Charles Le Quesne -- Ch. 7. The Medieval Period: The Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries / Menahem Ben-Sasson -- Ch. 8. The Mameluke and Ottoman Periods: The Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries / Joseph R. Hacker -- Ch. 9. The Modern Period: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Charles Le Quesne -- Ch. 10. The Geniza and the Scholarly Community / Charles Le Quesne -- App. Descriptions of the Ben Ezra Synagogue from the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Charles Le Quesne.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0920785662 (bound)
9780920785669
0920785689 (pbk.)
9780920785683

Subject:

Ben Ezra Synagogue (Cairo, Egypt)
Fortress of Babylon (Cairo, Egypt)
Ben Ezra Synagogue (Le Caire, Égypte)
Synagogue architecture Conservation and restoration Egypt Cairo.
Jews Egypt Cairo History.
Synagogues Conservation and restoration Egypt Cairo.
Synagogues Conservation et restauration Égypte Le Caire.
Juifs Égypte Le Caire Histoire.
Architecture synagogale Conservation et restauration Égypte Le Caire.
Synagogues Conservation and restoration
Jews
Synagogue architecture Conservation and restoration
Synagogues Egypt Cairo.
Fortification Egypt Cairo.
Forteresse de Babylone (Le Caire, Égypte)
Egypt Cairo

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Lambert, Phyllis.
Pare, Richard.
Bellaert, Johan.
Centre canadien d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage cca productions 265586
Call No.: NA6083 .F6 2001
Copy: c. 1
Notes: hard cover
Status: Available

Location: Library main 271660
Call No.: NA6083 .F6 2001
Copy: c. 2
Notes: soft cover
Status: Available

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