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 Kerala Jewish Sites
The original bimah and ark were taken to Israel in 1995 and reconstructions of the originals have been installed in their place.
Inside the sanctuary, everything belonging to the synagogue has been removed-most of it taken by the community to Israel.
The Ark and bimah were taken to Israel (along with the Torah scroll), on the assumption that everyone in that community would come.
www.isjm.org /jhr/IInos3-4/india.htm   (1744 words)

  
 Book Three: Freedom At The End Of A Sword
Ark pulled a small metallic object from around her wrist and offered it to one of the men, who snatched it up greedily and turned it over in the light of a comrade's torch.
Osiris was shrunken and drained, Ark shaken and pale, and the mortals blood spattered and breathing heavily from the battle against the blood cult.
One was Ark, still dressed in the stained linen robe, the other was Felix, the man Ark had introduced him to after the Budoki, dressed in the traditional tunic and trousers of the northern Gauls.
www.angelfire.com /goth/edge_of_eternity/three.html   (1541 words)

  
 Most Holy Place - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A wooden ark, gilded inside and outside, for the Tablets of the Covenant, with a cover similarly gilded as the "mercy seat" for the Divine Presence;
When the Holy Ark is opened so that the Sefer Torah may be taken out for Torah reading, all worshippers (except the elderly or ill) usually rise as a mark of respect for its holiness and importance.
In Orthodox Judaism, the Ark is regarded as being only a faint echo of the Holy of Holies in the Temple which is regarded as retaining a much higher degree of sanctity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Most_Holy_Place   (970 words)

  
 What's Past is Present
Ark immediately rallied; she had been the strongest of Osiris' children when he had had her, and certainly had not been weakened by centuries on her own or years with a prideful Saiya-jin.
Vegeta had held Ark close to calm her down, and once he realized that Ark had fallen asleep, had lifted himself away from her and paded out into the night air, only a thin pair of boxer shorts between him and the cool breeze that ruffled his hair.
Ark lashed out and knocked away his arm even as she backed into the white outter wall of the Briefs family's large capsule house, the crimson tears flowing in twin rivers down her alabaster cheeks.
members.fortunecity.com /arkaidy/wpip.htm   (17686 words)

  
 Russian Icons
Before painting a board is covered with fabric, primed by mixture of natural glue and chalk, covered with the initial layer of dark red-brown or greenish paint and lighten where needed with ochre or whiting.
The oklads often were made of silver or gilded silver with the figures of the icon repeated by repoussé and chasing.
Icons are blessed with holy water and also are carried in processions both inside and outside the church.
russia-in-us.com /Religion/Christianity/icons.html   (485 words)

  
 Restoring the Soul | Metropolis Magazine | October 2000
The 1998 fire spared the ark and the wall-stenciling around it, which is believed to be original and which served as a baselinefor reconstruction.
New wooden pews are being built based on the original design, with a slightly altered backrest angle for increased comfort.
Outside, the team plans to replace the metal roof with fl and red slate tiles, to recreate the original metal crenellations along the towers and parapets, and to clean and re-gild the onion domes.
www.metropolismag.com /html/content_1000/restore.htm   (2885 words)

  
 Excerpts from "The Pilgrim's Italy"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The story is that a disappointed gambler threw a stone at the image on the outside of the church and drops of blood fell on the cheek of the Virgin.
Philip requested the painting be transported inside the church, and it became the emblem of the Congregation of the Oratory and a vehicle for many miracles.
Inside the hermitage are cells to visit, which are replicas of the original cells.
www.innertravelbooks.com /pages/excerptsItaly5.html   (21160 words)

  
 Baltic culture, history revealed in glimpses | ajc.com
Inside a service was under way, with a bearded priest leading worshippers in the melodious chants, surrounded by icons and burning candles.
As for the guy outside with the gas masks — he appeared to be just an entrepreneur selling a something-to-talk-about souvenir.
The buildings themselves are also works of art, with wooden and marble mosaics on the floors; statues on the roof; and walls and ceilings that don't skimp on the gilding.
ajc.com /services/content/travel/cruises/stories/0306/test.html?...   (3382 words)

  
 St. Peter's - Guide to Basilica & Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the gilded bronze and crystal casket beneath the altar is the body of St. Pius X (1904-1914), clad in solemn papal robes.
In the pendentives of the dome: Aaron with the thurible, Noah and the ark, Gideon and the fleece, Balaam and the Star of Jacob.
From the gallery on the inside, the interior of the basilica can be admired and on the outside, one can view the magnificent panorama of Rome's churches, bell-towers and rooftops, with the Alban hills in the background.
www.stpetersbasilica.org /Docs/Basilica-Square5.htm   (2477 words)

  
 Illustrated Histroy of Furniture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The wood was, however, formerly covered with a coating of plaster, gilded over, and it is probably due to this protection that it is now in such excellent preservation.
A rich effect was produced on the carved console tables, chairs, stools and frames intended for gilding, by the method employed by the Venetian and Florentine craftsmen, the gold leaf being laid on a red preparation, and then the chief portions highly burnished.
The decoration is bitten in with acids so as to present the appearance of its being damascened, and the complicated lock, shewn on the inside of the lid, is characteristic of these safeguards for valuable documents at a time when the modern burglar-proof safe had not been thought of.
www.home-and-office-furniture.com /illustrated_history_of_furniture.htm   (10237 words)

  
 Anchor Stone International - Mummies Undergo CT Scans at Calif. Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Noah's Ark, Sodom & Gomorrah, Red Sea Crossing, Nuweiba, Midian, Egypt, Sinai, tabernacle, temple, ark of the covenant.
A third was a child, buried in a finely carved wooden coffin.
The gilded plaster face mask and ornate, beaded vest on the one known as Irthorru suggest he was a priest.
www.anchorstone.com /content/view/98/33   (689 words)

  
 1920-1930test
Inside, with its ornamental carvings, gilt chandeliers, carved ballastrades(sic) and upholstered settees, the setting was palatial, reminescent(sic) of some exotic far-off land (the vogue in silent movies of the day).
Outside, with its stylized Byzantine domed turrets, the building looked strangely fascinating as it 'floated' on pilings above the surf-a giant arena from another time and place.
Inside among its mostly dark winding passages were slides, rotating barrels and creepy things that scared you in the dark.
oceanpark.ws /1920-1930test.htm   (16425 words)

  
 INNOCENTS ABROAD BY TWAIN, Part 6, CH 50-Conclusion
In the cities, there is often no appearance of a grave at all; a tall, slender marble tombstone, elaborately lettered, gilded and painted, marks the burial place, and this is surmounted by a turban, so carved and shaped as to signify the dead man's rank in life.
Outside there were no inconveniences, except that the dusky, ragged, earnest-eyed villagers of both sexes and all ages grouped themselves on their haunches all around us, and discussed us and criticised us with noisy tongues till midnight.
Just outside the mosque is a miniature temple, which marks the spot where David and Goliah used to sit and judge the people.—[A pilgrim informs me that it was not David and Goliah, but David and Saul.
www.gutenberg.org /files/3176/3176-h/p6.htm   (19349 words)

  
 Chapter Excerpt: In The Spirit of Happiness by The Monks of New Skete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
After the monks built the shell of the monastery, the nuns were able to finish the inside.
With the bells outside ringing various rhythmic patterns, the priest began censing inside the church, the gentle jingling of the censer's chains discernible despite the bells outdoors.
It does not matter whether they occur in the majesty of Hagia Sophia or in the elegant simplicity of a wooden chapel, the effect is the same.
www.twbookmark.com /jrun/books/27/0316578517/chapter_excerpt8618.html   (6016 words)

  
 The Project Gutenberg eBook of War in the Garden of Eden, by Kermit Roosevelt
The line-officer's humor becomes a trifle robust where the "gilded staff" is concerned, notwithstanding the fact that most staff-officers have seen active and distinguished service in the line.
With the bitumen, the gufas and mahelas are "pitched without and within," in the identical manner in which we are told that the ark was built.
During the great heat of the summer the inside of the turret was a veritable fiery furnace, with the pedals so hot that they scorched the feet.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/3/6/6/13665/13665-h/13665-h.htm   (22592 words)

  
 St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral
Inside the halo is a cross that indicates his future crucifixion.
The ark of Noah is a symbol of the salvation of the people from the flood, also of the Church as the “ark” in which God’s people are protected.
On her feast day two lambs are blessed at her church in Rome, and then their wool is woven into the palliums (bands of white wool) which the pope confers on archbishops as symbol of their jurisdiction.
pirate.shu.edu /~wisterro/hoc/Architecture_page.htm   (7246 words)

  
 Tabernacle and Altar, Jewish and Christian
This Ark is the most sacred object of the Jews, but when the Temple was destroyed, the Ark was lost...
It is parallel to the Ark of the Covenant of the Jews.
The interior of the tabernacle must either be gilded or covered with white silk); the exterior is to be equipped with a mantle-like hanging, that must be either always white or is to be changed according to the color of the liturgical day; this hanging is called the canopeum.
biblia.com /christianity2/tabernacle.htm   (981 words)

  
 The Mysteries Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Pyramid, The Ark, & RA & Draco Alpha
In the early 1900's some scientist held a glass bottle wrapped in wet newspaper at the tip of one of the Giza pyramids he observed that sparks flew off the bottle, as you people are more established, you can find out who this guy was I only remember reading it somewhere.
My 2nd observation is what is called the Ark of the Covenant, the Bible speaks of it and basically tells you how to build one, wooden box (an insulator) gilded with gold (a conductor) both outside and inside giving you what scientists would call a capacitor.
www.hiddenmysteries.org /mysteries/pyramid/pyrarkra.html   (332 words)

  
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Thus, by the smoke of the lamps and candles together the whole inside surface has been completely flened, albeit it is cased with white and polished marble throughout, both the pavement, the walls, and the vault.
In one part of the church, outside the wall, there is a large cistern, containing excellent water for the use of the guardians of the church.
This grotto is round in the inside, and of a good size In it, on the left-hand side, there are other caves of considerable depth, wherein the disciples often slept while Christ prayed, not on the last night only.
chass.colostate-pueblo.edu /history/seminar/fabri/fabri4d.htm   (15923 words)

  
 box : All Items on Ruby Lane
This is a large porcelain box with gilded feet and hinged lid.
There is a minor staining of the box on the outside.
On the inside the box is made of velveteen and a gold foil.
search.rubylane.com /search/,page=19,ss=box.html   (1539 words)

  
 Artisans : Wood :
An old Metal lined lock box outside is Oak, it would lock with a key but that was missing.
This is a hand carved wooden dolphin of unknown origin.
The ivory coloured background shows the blue, white, yellow and pink flowers beautifully, and the blue band with its fl accent lines is lovely.
search.rubylane.com /collectibles/,id=21.12,style=2.html   (1535 words)

  
 Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I join a line of dancers moving across the wooden floor of the studio.
Outside, a winter wind chills the air but inside, the dancers’ energy warms the studio.
I watched a man, at the end of services, approach the ark, touch and kiss the gilded drapery with both hands, and then move his hands over his head and body as if bathing himself in the holiness of the place.
www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=7506&print=yes   (907 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . BELIEF & PRACTICE . Writing Icons . April 9, 2004 | PBS
The process of writing an icon starts with the wooden board -- the central area carved out, which is typical for Russian icons.
The image of Christ is put into an ark. That wood is covered with cheesecloth.
Before the gold can be applied, the area to be gilded has to be burnished and sanded, burnished and sanded several times until a perfectly smooth finish is achieved.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week732/belief.html   (635 words)

  
 Chasidic Insights
We see this from the construction of the Holy Ark. Included in learning from its construction that a Torah scholar be "tocho k'baro," that the outside and inside are gilded.
On the outside we see a Torah scholar who learns and behaves as a G-d fearing individual should.
On the inside, his inner drive, is to receive the accompanying benefits only for Heaven's sake.
www.shemayisrael.co.il /parsha/fleisher/chasidic/archives/teruma64.htm   (454 words)

  
 BaylyBlog: Out of our minds, too: Worship & idolatry Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The temple and ark of the covenant were at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:4).
The Philistines react with alarm to the entrance of the ark into the Israelite camp in the battle that leads to the death of Eli.
First, the holy of holies of Herod's temple was barren, lacking the ark of the covenant and mercy seat, together with the tablets, Aaron's rod and jar of manna of the original tabernacle and temple.
timbayly.worldmagblog.com /timbayly/archives/cat_worship_idolatry.html   (14555 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Overflow pages - 7
Some think they have located an image of the ark on the walls of Medinet Habu carved by the artists of Ramses III but that is untrue for the stone in question was part of a frieze found in the ruins of a 3rd century AD synagogue near the Sea of Galilee.
The ark was made of precious, sturdy, inside and outside gold overlaid wood with a crown of gold running around its top edge.
In general we may say that the ark was a sturdy, well built, plain sided, gilded wood box whose purpose was a holy one.
www.specialtyinterests.net /eop7.html   (18574 words)

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