A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 424
the Temple,where there was a separate court for women),were invariably rigidly followed. The exteriors of the ancient synagogues ap-pear to have possessed but little architecturalinterest, and of interior decoration, as we under-stand it, there was none. Remains of syna-gogues found in Galilee show… … Synagogue, Fig. I.: Temple Beth-el, New York City ; 1892. the congregation, either in front or at the sides,and before it hung the perpetual lamp. In the centre of the building, also raisedabove the level of the floor, was a desk fromwhich the law was read aloud. The women were always separated…
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