tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post8552113040054860481..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Help wanted: mystery imageCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-10219680033783091152008-12-03T21:28:00.000-05:002008-12-03T21:28:00.000-05:00Since there is a sort of Rose Window and the tower...Since there is a sort of Rose Window and the towers are kind of more onion-y, I'd go for more southern Germany/AustriaAnother Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-24174617951180994042008-12-03T12:28:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:28:00.000-05:00These Moorish/Oriental(ist) synagogues are a frequ...These Moorish/Oriental(ist) synagogues are a frequent feature of late 19th and early 20th C cityscapes -- at least when the city had a fairly affluent Jewish population. Thanks so much for the link, Suzanne. I now see that it is possible (though probably not likely) that the photograph was taken in Italy -- Venice? Rome? Those are two cities I've never visited, but Paul went to both on his way from Austria to the US. I'm still inclined to believe the picture was taken in Vienna, since that is where he lived longest and is most likely to have had a friend who could afford a camera.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-64649440711410555982008-12-03T11:49:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:49:00.000-05:00You might find the image in here: Kalmar, Ivan Dav...You might find the image in here: Kalmar, Ivan Davidson. "Moorish Style: Orientalism, the Jews, and Synagogue Architecture." Jewish Social Studies: History Culture and Society 7 (2001). http://www.library.utoronto.ca/moorish/publications/moorish.style.pdf<BR/>There’s another “Moorish” synagogue in NYC – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_SynagogueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com