Auszug aus dem Synagogen-Sitz-Protokolle der Pressburger israel. Cultusgemeinde. [Seating arrangement in Pressburg synagogue]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 281
(HUNGARY)
Auszug aus dem Synagogen-Sitz-Protokolle der Pressburger israel. Cultusgemeinde. [Seating arrangement in Pressburg synagogue]
Pressburg: H. Sieber 1864
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
Document of purchase of seat no. 93 in the Ladies' First Gallery by Mr. Carl Löwy, dated March 26, 1866. The printed text notes that the synagogue was newly built at 129-130 Theresienstadt.
Though Pressburg retained a strong Orthodox character due to the stamp put on it by the legendary Chatham Sofer (R. Moses Schreiber) and his descendants, nonetheless the city was also home to Neolog or Reformmovement who in 1872 established their own modernist community. See JE, Vol. X, p. 190. Today Pressburg, or rather Bratislava, is the capital of Slovakia.