Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,0109) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,0109) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693290 BIB-ID: 2523792 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0118 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693319 BIB-ID: 2523794 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6259) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6259) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0124 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23690239 BIB-ID: 2523627 Show less
"This volume contains a selection of short stories from two volumes by Mme. Henriette Celarie. They are sketches more than short stories,... Show more"This volume contains a selection of short stories from two volumes by Mme. Henriette Celarie. They are sketches more than short stories, attempting to show without preamble cross-sections of native Moroccan women's lives, as told to and discovered by the alertly interested wife of a French officer living for years in that country. Each story is rigorously true. Differing perhaps from the usual romantic picture, their flavor of reality can be even more impressive. This is Morocco, static, fluid, potential."--Foreword. The girl possessed of a djinn -- "In the name of Allah I divorce thee" -- A child's kidnapping -- Batoul explains how a woman deceives her husband -- The vengeance of Fatima -- "Asleep in the bosom of its mother" -- An escape from the harem -- Fair Aicha -- The slaves of Caid Omar -- What happened to Mahjoub and the recommendation that had been given him -- In the home of Si Abderrahamen -- Thou hast only to drop this powder into the water he drinks" -- Khadidja's two husbands -- Halima's first marriage -- The Marrakech prisons -- An evening with Si Taher Ben Mohamed -- The Little shepherdess of the Atlas -- Ramadan. translated and adapted by Constance Lily Morris ; from the books of Henriette Celarié ; with pictures by Boris Artzybasheff. Includes glossary. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ2605.E5 A2 1931 Book Item-ID: i15536853 BIB-ID: 2498010 Also issued online. Show less
by Ross Houghton. -. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1170 .H68 1877 Book Item-ID: i10244062 BIB-ID: 1026042 Includes indexes. Show moreby Ross Houghton. -. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1170 .H68 1877 Book Item-ID: i10244062 BIB-ID: 1026042 Includes indexes. Show less
"This volume contains a selection of short stories from two volumes by Mme. Henriette Celarie. They are sketches more than short stories,... Show more"This volume contains a selection of short stories from two volumes by Mme. Henriette Celarie. They are sketches more than short stories, attempting to show without preamble cross-sections of native Moroccan women's lives, as told to and discovered by the alertly interested wife of a French officer living for years in that country. Each story is rigorously true. Differing perhaps from the usual romantic picture, their flavor of reality can be even more impressive. This is Morocco, static, fluid, potential."--Foreword. The girl possessed of a djinn -- "In the name of Allah I divorce thee" -- A child's kidnapping -- Batoul explains how a woman deceives her husband -- The vengeance of Fatima -- "Asleep in the bosom of its mother" -- An escape from the harem -- Fair Aicha -- The slaves of Caid Omar -- What happened to Mahjoub and the recommendation that had been given him -- In the home of Si Abderrahamen -- Thou hast only to drop this powder into the water he drinks" -- Khadidja's two husbands -- Halima's first marriage -- The Marrakech prisons -- An evening with Si Taher Ben Mohamed -- The Little shepherdess of the Atlas -- Ramadan. translated and adapted by Constance Lily Morris ; from the books of Henriette Celarié ; with pictures by Boris Artzybasheff. Includes glossary. Also issued online. Show less