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
The imperial palace Ali Qapu in Isfahan. Regarded as the best example of Safavid architecture, it was originally built in 1000s AH/1590s CE by 1590... Show moreThe imperial palace Ali Qapu in Isfahan. Regarded as the best example of Safavid architecture, it was originally built in 1000s AH/1590s CE by 1590-1595/1000-1004 AH under Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso the logo of the publisher. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0053 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682565x BIB-ID: 2854688 Show less
The Seljuk shrine dedicated to the Persian Sufi mystic Bayazid Bastami in Bastam, dated to 514 AH/1120 CE. Title from item, date devised by Library... Show moreThe Seljuk shrine dedicated to the Persian Sufi mystic Bayazid Bastami in Bastam, dated to 514 AH/1120 CE. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle. Carte postale de Perse. Séyéd Abdor Rahime Kachani, seraïé Amir, Téhéran, Perse". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825521 BIB-ID: 2854675 Show less
The mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524... Show moreThe mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524 CE to 984 AH/1576 CE. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript text in German on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0050 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825569 BIB-ID: 2854680 Show less