Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Kiswah, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic embroidery
Title and date from item. Plate no. 17 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XVII) and titled in... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate no. 17 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XVII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26515428 BIB-ID: 2831558 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Aceh (Indonesia)--Portraits, Patient representatives--Islamic law
Full-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Aceh, in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group faces forward, looking towards the camera.... Show moreFull-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Aceh, in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group faces forward, looking towards the camera. The two men standing behind are described as wakils (representatives). The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 36 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXVI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0036 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519173 BIB-ID: 2831705 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Maluku (Indonesia)--Portraits, Kings and rulers (Islamic law)--Sultanate, Kings and rulers (Islamic law)--Sultanate--Indonesia, Muslim religious leaders, Imams (Mosque officers), Imams (Mosque officers)--Indonesia
Full-length seated portrait of three Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Bacan, in the Maluku Islands, in modern day Indonesia. They are... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of three Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Bacan, in the Maluku Islands, in modern day Indonesia. They are described as the son of the sultan - Prince Nur, as per Snouck Hurgronje's notes in his papers held at the Leiden Library -, his uncle and an imam. The men face forward, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 31 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0031 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518934 BIB-ID: 2831691 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Sambas (Indonesia)--Portraits, Patient representatives--Islamic law
Full-length portrait of four pilgrims from the Sultanate of Sambas, in modern day Indonesia, in the island of Borneo. Six of the men squat face... Show moreFull-length portrait of four pilgrims from the Sultanate of Sambas, in modern day Indonesia, in the island of Borneo. Six of the men squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The man standing behind them is described as the wakil (representative) of the sheikh. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 28 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXVIII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0028 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518855 BIB-ID: 2831680 Show less
Lithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as wooden vessels, boxes, pitchers and cups, saucers, brass bowls, but... Show moreLithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as wooden vessels, boxes, pitchers and cups, saucers, brass bowls, but also waterpipes, prayer beads and silver-plated amulets in a chain. The items are drawn from the collection of Snouck Hugronje. Title and date from item. Plate 40 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XL). The image is printed onto a 2-pages folded sheet featuring two plates. Printed beneath image, in ink: in lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’ (ex collectione auctoris, [drawn] from the collection of the author) and in the lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’ (Pieter Willem Marinus Trap excudit, Pieter Willem Marinus Trap engraved). The objects are itemized in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list, that is: 1. Schèrbah (hölzerner Wasserkrug); 2. Rub'î (hölzerner Wasserkrug); 3. Mèschrab (hölzener Becher mit Untersatz und Deckel); 4. Huqq (Dose mit Deckel); 5. Tâsah oder Mèschrab (hölzerne Trinkschale); 6. 7. Findjân und Zarf (höllzerne Kaffeetasse und becherförmige, dazu gehörende Untertasse); 8. Kâsah (kleiner Becher mit Deckel); 9. Mèschrab (messingene Trinkschüssel; in der Mitte eine Art Pfeiler, von dessen Rande einige messingene Amulete herabhängen); 10. Schîschah (Wasserpfeife); 11. Elf Amulete aus vergoldetem Silber: a. vier (buchförmige) Chatmah's zur Aufnahme von Qurânsprüchen usw.; b. zwei Heikal's; c. zwei Lôh's mit Sprüchen; d. zwei Halbmonde (Hilâl's) mit Sprüchen; e. ein Ischm, zur Aufnahme eines Edelsteines; 12. Subhah (Rosenkranz aus Perlmutter). A note mentions that more information on those objects can be found in the essay by Snouck Hurgronje titled "Ethnographisches aus Mekka", which was published in "Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie" (Vol. I, Leiden, 1888). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519306 BIB-ID: 2831722 Show less
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