Bookstand, origin, Hebrew; Jerusalem Israel/Palestine; iconography: Jerusalem cross; function: pilgrim/bookstand. Rectangular wooden bookstand with two foldable sides, decorated with three recessed Jerusalem crosses. Under the central cross is an ink inscription in Hebrew: ירושלים Yerushalayim. Main part has profiled edges and can be widened by shifting the central part embedded in a groove to the right. Movable sides have a heart-shaped outline; when unfolded on brass hinges they sit nearly vertical with a slight inclination and are decorated with crosses on the outer surface. 19th/20th
GLIX-115-3EC7AEB
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
Penta Springs, Geo Naturalis
Leírás
Bookstand, origin, Hebrew; Jerusalem Israel/Palestine; iconography: Jerusalem cross; function: pilgrim/bookstand. Rectangular wooden bookstand with two foldable sides, decorated with three recessed Jerusalem crosses. Under the central cross is an ink inscription in Hebrew: ירושלים Yerushalayim. Main part has profiled edges and can be widened by shifting the central part embedded in a groove to the right. Movable sides have a heart-shaped outline; when unfolded on brass hinges they sit nearly vertical with a slight inclination and are decorated with crosses on the outer surface. 19th/20th