Alhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and... Show moreAlhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and white Orientalist style photograph as a background, mounted in an "Arabesque" parquetry wood frame. The photograph is a staged souvenir picture showing three women with oriental costumes and musical instruments. Title and date devised from Library staff. The plaque is stamped Rafael Rus Acosta, 26. Old label on the verso the photograph, "Emilio ruiz, Casa Linares" and "Granada, Alhambre, 64". Arabic script carved on the upper and lower part of the frame "لاعلى الا الله". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0243 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2518927x BIB-ID: 2623721 Show less
Süleymaniye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey), Architecture, Ottoman, Architecture, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul--Photographs, Mosques
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople",... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (116) on the reverse in ink. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0276-0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26308757 BIB-ID: 2810538 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople",... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled (Finest mosque in the world) and numbered (144) on the reverse in ink. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0276-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2630823x BIB-ID: 2810488 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople",... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled in French and English and numbered (149) on the reverse in pencil. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0276-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26308241 BIB-ID: 2810489 Show less
Süleymaniye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey), Architecture, Ottoman, Architecture, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul--Photographs, Mosques
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople",... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (32) on the reverse in ink. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0276-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26308289 BIB-ID: 2810493 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
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 11th-century AH/17th-century CE shrine in Qadamgah, probably commissioned by the Safavid king Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by... Show moreThe 11th-century AH/17th-century CE shrine in Qadamgah, probably commissioned by the Safavid king Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "برادران کاشانی" and "Inscription Joint Stock Company". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0049 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825557 BIB-ID: 2854678 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
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "مركز پخش دنياي كارت بازار بين الحرمين" (Donyaye Kart Distribution Center, Bein Al... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "مركز پخش دنياي كارت بازار بين الحرمين" (Donyaye Kart Distribution Center, Bein Al-Haramein Bazaar). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825636 BIB-ID: 2854685 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Printed in Italy". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0052 2-D Graphic Item... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Printed in Italy". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0052 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825648 BIB-ID: 2854686 Show less
Post office buildings, Post office buildings--Alexandria (Egypt), Architecture, Modern, Architecture, Modern--Egypt
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Post Card Egypt. L.C. - 34. Alexandrie - Rue de la Poste". Manuscript notes on the... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Post Card Egypt. L.C. - 34. Alexandrie - Rue de la Poste". Manuscript notes on the verso, address section. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825764 BIB-ID: 2854694 Show less
Post office buildings--Streets, Post office buildings--Streets--Cairo (Egypt), Architecture, Modern, Architecture, Modern--Egypt
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler &... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler & Stevedores. Port Said (Egypt)". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0057 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825776 BIB-ID: 2854695 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle Eygpte Carte Postale", the address of the publisher "7,... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle Eygpte Carte Postale", the address of the publisher "7, Rue de la Poste" and the serial number "50804". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0067 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825909 BIB-ID: 2854711 Show less
Postacard showing Kamel Sedki Street, today El Faggala. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the... Show morePostacard showing Kamel Sedki Street, today El Faggala. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler & Stevedores. Port Said (Egypt)". Postally used. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0068 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682596x BIB-ID: 2854715 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the front the serial number of the postcard (169). Postally unused. Main Heritage Compact General ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the front the serial number of the postcard (169). Postally unused. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0071 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26826008 BIB-ID: 2854719 Show less
The minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo (also called Zakaria mosque as it contains the tomb of the Phrophet Zacharia) was built in 483 AH/1091 CE... Show moreThe minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo (also called Zakaria mosque as it contains the tomb of the Phrophet Zacharia) was built in 483 AH/1091 CE by the Qadi of Aleppo during the Seljuk rule in Syria, destroyed during fighting in the Syrian Civil War in 2013. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0043 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825466 BIB-ID: 2854669 Show less
Public fountain in the neighbourhood Abbassia. This building is reproduced with different titles in other postcards of Cairo, either as "fountain"... Show morePublic fountain in the neighbourhood Abbassia. This building is reproduced with different titles in other postcards of Cairo, either as "fountain" or "sebil", or "school" in Abbassia. The fountain, known as the Sabif of Mustafa Pasha al-Khazindar, was built in 1889 CE by the treasurer under Abbas I of Egypt. The fountain, located in Masoud Street in Abdou Pasha, Abbassia, was demolished in 1950. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "N. 76 - Lichtenstern & Harari" and "Union Postale Universelle. Egypte. Carte Postale - التحاد البوستة العام مصر تذكرة بوستة ". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825752 BIB-ID: 2854693 Show less
Al-Sabun Khan, located in al-Madina bazaar, was built by the Mamluk Sultanate representative, Prince Izdamer in the late 15th century. The khan is... Show moreAl-Sabun Khan, located in al-Madina bazaar, was built by the Mamluk Sultanate representative, Prince Izdamer in the late 15th century. The khan is unique in its intricate ornamentation, both geometric and organic. It is a preserved example of the detailed craftsmanship of the traditional Aleppine builder. Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German and French on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0022-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24491822 BIB-ID: 2619537 Show less