Tomb of David (Jerusalem), Tomb of David (Jerusalem)--Photographs
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (288) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (288) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24483515 BIB-ID: 2617508 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (453) in the negative. Manuscript caption... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (453) in the negative. Manuscript caption on the mount "Another source of the Jordan at Banias". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0049 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26385491 BIB-ID: 2817142 Show less
Title from manuscript inscription on the mount. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Manuscript... Show moreTitle from manuscript inscription on the mount. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Manuscript annotation " [illegible] a great University was here and Moses is said to have been educated here". Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26480608 BIB-ID: 2830410 Show less
Collection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red... Show moreCollection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red and titled "Visites". One photograph by the Georgian-Armenian pioneer photographer Vladimir Barkanov, with his studio stamp on the back of the print. One picture from the Studio Orlay de Karwa with its stamp on the verso of the print. Four photographs by Dimitri Ermakov with embossed seal and inventory numbers (80, 207, 168, and 25). Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Georgian men and women in traditional dresses, such as Gurian and Imeretians. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Some prints are numbered, signed and stamped. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0039 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23128239 BIB-ID: 2451002 Show less
The album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art... Show moreThe album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art crafts from the Museum of Gizah; Egyptian antiquities (pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics); Islamic architectures in Cairo (tombs, the Citadel, mosques and mashrabiyas); views of the streets of Cairo (hotels and bazaars); staged portraits of local people (artisans, women, peasants and musicians); the Nile river with traditional boats and ports. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Album with vellum-bound, in golden letter and ornaments. The album consists of 24 pages. Prints are pasted on both sides. On the paste-down there is a scratched ex libris "Metropolitan Museum of Art. [illegible] of the Costume Institute. [illegible] Art Worker's Club". Manuscript note "Sold and discarted in 1960s). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0096 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26485229 BIB-ID: 2830659 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General PL123 .W45 1880 Book Item-ID: i10042842 BIB-ID: 1006087 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General PL123 .W45 1880 Book Item-ID: i10042842 BIB-ID: 1006087 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Camps--Photographs
Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in... Show moreDate and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in French on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456155 BIB-ID: 2712659 Show less
Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf., Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Mosques, Mosques--Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
Manuscript annotations under the print highlight the dome of the tomb of the prophet ("قبة الحجرة النبوية = Dome du tombeau du Prophète") and the... Show moreManuscript annotations under the print highlight the dome of the tomb of the prophet ("قبة الحجرة النبوية = Dome du tombeau du Prophète") and the garden of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet ("جنينة السيدة فاطمة = Jardin du Saida Fathima, fille du Prophète"). Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in French on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2545626x BIB-ID: 2712661 Show less
Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf., Guards, Guards--Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Portraits, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Mosques, Mosques--Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
The name of the Shaykh is indicated only in the French version of the title. The three servants depicted in the picture are the so-called aghas,... Show moreThe name of the Shaykh is indicated only in the French version of the title. The three servants depicted in the picture are the so-called aghas, the Abyssinian guardians of the Prophet's Mosque; aghas were responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the holy mosques and they also guarded the Prophet ’s tomb. Two aghas sit to the left and right of the seated shaykh, while the third servant stands behind him. All of them are looking into the camera. The photograph was taken indoor, against a blank white backdrop and it recalls classical late 19th-century studio portraits. Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions - still in Arabic and in French - on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456623 BIB-ID: 2712662 Show less
Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf., Guards, Guards--Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Portraits, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Mosques, Mosques--Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
The name of the Shaykh is indicated only in the French version of the title. The two servants depicted in the picture are the so-called aghas, the... Show moreThe name of the Shaykh is indicated only in the French version of the title. The two servants depicted in the picture are the so-called aghas, the Abyssinian guardians of the Prophet's Mosque; aghas were responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the holy mosques and they also guarded the Prophet ’s tomb. In this portrait, the Shaykh sits on a stool outside the mosque, on a stark exterior pavement, while the two aghas deferentially stand at his left and right, without looking at the camera. Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions - still in Arabic and in French - on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456787 BIB-ID: 2712665 Show less
Masjid al-Ḥarām., Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
Manuscript annotations under and behind the print specify the point of view of the panorama, that is the eastern view of the Mosque of Medina (" La... Show moreManuscript annotations under and behind the print specify the point of view of the panorama, that is the eastern view of the Mosque of Medina (" La Mosquée de la Mekke prise de l'Est") and the south-eastern side of the Kaaba ("الخهة الشرقية والقبلية من الكعبة = Côtes Est et Sud de la Kaâba;). Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in French on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456805 BIB-ID: 2712667 Show less
مسجد الخيف., Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Camps--Photographs
Manuscript annotations under and behind the print highlight what is visible in the picture, that is the Masjid al-Khayf ("جامع الخيف = Mosquée El... Show moreManuscript annotations under and behind the print highlight what is visible in the picture, that is the Masjid al-Khayf ("جامع الخيف = Mosquée El Kheif") and the tents of the Egyptian pilgrims, ("مقام الحج المصري = Campements des pèlerins égyptiens") during the day of the Sacrifice ("Mouna, le jour du sacrifice, Grand Bagrama [sic]"). Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in French on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456829 BIB-ID: 2712668 Show less