Garland, James Albert , 1870-1906, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Pictorial works
Anne-Margaretta Burr, also known as Margaretta Higford Burr) was a British painter. The daughter of the Royal Navy Captain Edward Scobell (1783... Show moreAnne-Margaretta Burr, also known as Margaretta Higford Burr) was a British painter. The daughter of the Royal Navy Captain Edward Scobell (1783–1825), she traveled to Spain, Italy, Sicily, and the East. published Sketches in Spain, The Holy Land, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece in 1841. In 1844 she was in Cairo with her husband, the British Member of Parliament Daniel Higford Davall Burr (1811–1885), and subsequently visited Syria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. She also accompanied the renowned English politician, archaeologist, and cuneiformist Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) in his travels in Egypt and Turkey. She mainly composed watercolors. Her watercolors were done in vivid colors and great detail, especially costumes and architectural features. In contrast, the lithographs based on her works follow the technique and aesthetics of the time and render the views somewhat hazily. pl. 1 Street leading to El Azhar, Grand Cairo. -- pl. 2 Gateway of a Bazaar, grand Cairo. -- pl. 3 Mosque of Sultan Hassan. -- pl. 4 Interior of Hareem, Cairo. -- pl. 5 The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, Grezeh from the South. -- pl. 6 Our room in the Armenian Convent in Jerusalem. -- pl. 7 Court before the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem, at Easter time. -- pl. 8 The Missr Tcharsky (Egyptian Market) Constantinople. -- pl. 9 From the Parthenon looking to the West. Fountain in the Plain of Sharon -- pl. 10 The Alcazar, Seville, Hall of the Ambassadors. -- pl. 11 Court of the Myrtles, Alhambra. Door of the Cathedral from the Patio de los Naranjos, Seville. -- pl. 12 Chapter House, Covent of St. Jeronimo, Belem. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Full contemporary red cloth. Title blocked in gilt. All the images are signed in the plate "A.M.Burr" or with an emblem of a small bird, an urn and 2 circles [B(ird) U(rn) R(ound) R(ound) = BURR?]. On pastedown endpaper the bookplate of the American banker and art collector James A. Garland Junior. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.25845 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15806832 BIB-ID: 1019403 Show less
Gerd Winner; Bernd Riede. Main Heritage Shelves General NA5965.3 W56 1978 Book Item-ID: i10058904 BIB-ID: 1007526 Show moreGerd Winner; Bernd Riede. Main Heritage Shelves General NA5965.3 W56 1978 Book Item-ID: i10058904 BIB-ID: 1007526 Show less
"Supplément à Hespéris, 1954, tome XLI." "Forms part of a bibliography of the architecture, arts and crafts of Islam, begun in 1912." Main Heritage... Show more"Supplément à Hespéris, 1954, tome XLI." "Forms part of a bibliography of the architecture, arts and crafts of Islam, begun in 1912." Main Heritage Compact General Z5944.M7 C88 1954 Reference Item-ID: i10037445 BIB-ID: 1005547 Also issued online. Show less
The origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: The first masterpiece of Islamic art -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus: A... Show moreThe origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: The first masterpiece of Islamic art -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus: A monument in the image of paradise -- Umayyad palaces: agricultural estates in the deserts of Syria and Palestine -- Umayyad spendor in Cordoba: An Arab civilization in Spain -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate: Mesopotamia, center of the Islamic world -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt: from the Sunni sultans to the Fatimid caliphs -- The disintegration of the Far Western empire: from Aghlabid Ifriqiya to the Maghred of the Almohads -- Upheavals in the Near East: the rise of the Ayyubids and the decline of the Abbasids -- New concepts of space. Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin. Subtitle on cover: Early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century. Main Heritage Compact General NA380 .S85 2002 Reference Item-ID: i24891745 BIB-ID: 1172136 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237) and indexes. Show less
von Friedrich Sarre und Ernst Herzfeld. Vols. I, III, 1911; vols. II, IV, 1920. Main Heritage Shelves General NA1465 .S27 1911 Book Vol. 1 Item-ID:... Show morevon Friedrich Sarre und Ernst Herzfeld. Vols. I, III, 1911; vols. II, IV, 1920. Main Heritage Shelves General NA1465 .S27 1911 Book Vol. 1 Item-ID: i2289293x BIB-ID: 1836008 Includes bibliographical references. "Arabische inschriften, bearbeitet von Max van Berchem": v. 1, p. [1]-51. "Ruṣāfah, von Samuel Guyer": v. 2, p. [1]-45. "Die keramik im Euphrat-und Tigris-gebiet von F. Sarre": v. 4, p. 1-25. "Herbaraufnahmen von E. Herzfeld": v. 4, p. [26]-[35]. Show less
Paul Gauckler, Bernard Roy and Henri Saladin. Main Heritage Shelves General NA6091 .G38 1899 Book Item-ID: i22476556 BIB-ID: 2402219 Show morePaul Gauckler, Bernard Roy and Henri Saladin. Main Heritage Shelves General NA6091 .G38 1899 Book Item-ID: i22476556 BIB-ID: 2402219 Show less
Islamic architecture--Conservation and restoration, Islamic architecture--Conservation and restoration--Syria--Damascus, Architecture, Domestic--Conservation and restoration, Architecture, Domestic--Conservation and restoration--Syria--Damascus, Buildings, structures, etc, NA1489.7.D36 B39 2005, 726.0956
Advisory board and its role in restoring the Bayt al-'Aqqad / Jorgen Nordqvist -- Bayt al-'Aqqad : the buildings and their restoration / Bente... Show moreAdvisory board and its role in restoring the Bayt al-'Aqqad / Jorgen Nordqvist -- Bayt al-'Aqqad : the buildings and their restoration / Bente Lange -- Implementing the restoration plan / Jens Damborg -- Building materials and construction techniques / Marianne Boqvist -- Painted decorations on walls, ceilings, doors, and windows / Verner Thomsen and Jan Castella -- theatre of Herod the Great in Damascus : chronology, function and significance / Klaus Stefan Freyberger -- Roman theatre : historical context and reconstruction / Tom Flemming Nielsen -- Bayt al-'Aqqad between the 15th and the 18th century / Stefan Weber and Peder Mortensen -- Ceilings and wooden panel decorations of the Qa'a, the winter Qa'a, and the red room / Claus-Peter Haase -- 18th-century inscriptions / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen -- Fragments of paradise : a note on some broken tiles found in the Bayt al-'Aqqad / Kjeld von Folsach -- Excavation of an ancient dump in the Mamluk Cellar / Peder Mortensen -- change of taste : new elements of decoration in the blue room / Stefan Weber -- 'Aqqad family and houses in the late 19th and the 20th centuries / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen and Stefan Weber -- Suq al-Qutn and Suq al-Suf : development, organization and patterns of the everyday life of a Damascene neighbourhood / Astrid Meier and Stefan Weber. edited by Peder Mortensen. Main Heritage Compact General NA1489.7.D36 B39 2005 Reference Item-ID: i1717451x BIB-ID: 1529400 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (5786, 71) and captioned in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (5786, 71) and captioned in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0034-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26360913 BIB-ID: 2814676 Show less
Eugèn Flandin et Pascal Coste. Spine title. Produced from the copy in the British Library to mark the centennial of Flandin's death. Main Heritage... Show moreEugèn Flandin et Pascal Coste. Spine title. Produced from the copy in the British Library to mark the centennial of Flandin's death. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .F53 1976 Book Item-ID: i10240184 BIB-ID: 1025654 T.p. and plate captions in French; modern imprint and preface in English. Show less
[pt. 1] Mosquée de Cordove -- [p.t 2] La Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville -- [pt. 3] Souvenires de Grenade et de l'Alhambra. par Girault de Prangey. I... Show more[pt. 1] Mosquée de Cordove -- [p.t 2] La Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville -- [pt. 3] Souvenires de Grenade et de l'Alhambra. par Girault de Prangey. Issued in three parts, each part having special engraved t.-p. Main Heritage Shelves General NA386 .G5 1836 Book Item-ID: i23709327 BIB-ID: 1016338 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXIII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXIII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Parisby Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0083 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23866767 BIB-ID: 2537430 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Parisby Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0082 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23866731 BIB-ID: 2537427 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXVII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. LXXXVII in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Parisby Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0087 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23866743 BIB-ID: 2537428 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. XX in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. XX in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23866810 BIB-ID: 2537435 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. 61 in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Parisby... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. 61 in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Parisby Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0061 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23708682 BIB-ID: 2525807 Show less
The image shows the addition to the Great Mosque ordered by the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II (961-976 CE). Title from the item. Date devised by... Show moreThe image shows the addition to the Great Mosque ordered by the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II (961-976 CE). Title from the item. Date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (2160) and signed (J. Laurent y Cia Madrid. / Es propiedad. Déposé). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0038-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2305069x BIB-ID: 1880850 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
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photogragh has manuscrit title on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0266-0002 2-... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photogragh has manuscrit title on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0266-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2681688x BIB-ID: 2854150 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26822829 BIB-ID: 2854470 Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26822829 BIB-ID: 2854470 Show less
The Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد) mosque in Algiers. During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the "Mosquée de la Pêcherie" and... Show moreThe Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد) mosque in Algiers. During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the "Mosquée de la Pêcherie" and in English the Mosque of the Fisherman's Wharf (Mesdjed el-Haoutin). The French photographer Alphonse de Launay was introduced to photography by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884). He traveled in France and abroad, especially to Algeria and Spain. He was a member of the French Photographic Society. Title and date devised by Library staff. The print is numbered in the negative (46) on the lower right corner. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26123319 BIB-ID: 2745948 Show less