Art, Symbol & Imagination
Christ in the Synagogue
A standing speaker raises one hand before a close gathering in a dark architectural interior, with a seated elder holding a written roll. The principal body is lit against the shadowed doorway, while faces turn towards it from either side. Doré uses the narrowness of the assembly to make disagreement and attention feel immediate. The printed caption identifies Christ in the synagogue. The engraved scene gives a public address an intimate scale: the company occupies the same enclosed space, and the scroll remains visible as a material object within their encounter.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Christ in the Synagogue" [editorial title]. In The Bible Gallery, Gustave Dore; Talbot W. Chambers. Undated Cassell & Company edition; one hundred illustrations with supplied descriptive letterpress, undated edition, Cassell & Company, Limited. Source scan leaf 277. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-276
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Complete plate reviewed against the scan; printed caption supplies subject. Crop excludes surrounding paper and separate caption without changing scan tone. Letterpress theology is not adopted as historical proof.
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Gustave Doré (design). Christ in the Synagogue. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 277. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-276