Alrighty folks [whoever is reading this blog...lately I wonder if I'm simply talking to myself], I was curious to know what Jewish structures might be Gothic. We've got people from a spectrum of religious [or quasi-religious or no religious] persuasions who embrace Gothic. As architecture goes, it only stands to reason that in Europe there were Jewish Gothic structures. I found 5 via Google images, although one seems to have a Christian saint (statue) before it, but the pic is small and it's difficult to tell. The first image of a long tapered serrated roof is a synagogue. The last image is my favorite and it's a tomb (not because it's a tomb, but simply because it's so ornate and elaborate). Enjoy:
Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam in "The Morgue Moider Mystery", and "The Case
of Tintype's Will", and finally (whew!) Spookington Castle!
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After the mention of "comedy gold" in our previous post comments, I thought
that it was finally time to maybe put together a *"Funny Friday Frolic of
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2 comments:
Be assured, I read your blog fairly regularly.
Don't usually have any comments to make, because I haven't read the books myself.
Let me make a recommendation: the "Dark Shadows" novels by Marilyn Ross are *quite* fun!
Greetings Harp of Hyperion: Thanks for reading my blog and for the comment. :-) It seems people either love or loathe MR's DS novels; no middle ground. ;-)
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