[Avodah] Practical Psak: Circular Menoras

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:52:14PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: It might be significant that when the MB above mentioned a menora,
: he added the word "shelanu" -- suggesting that it was a rather recent
: invention in his day.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hanukkah1.jpg>
> Various menorot used for Hanukkah (Hanukiot). Taken from the 1901-1906
> Jewish Encyclopedia, now in the public domain. The locations of the
> hanukiot given below reflect their locations as of the publication of
> the Jewish Encyclopedia and not their present locations.

> 1. Bronze, French, attributed to 12th cent. (in the Mus.e de
>    Cluny, Paris).
...

So, there were menoros in use centuries before the SA.

To reopen the question, why then don't we see discussion of them amongst
rishonim?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha