View over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays. Photograph is... Show moreView over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays. Photograph is the right section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III and IV. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 5 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (V). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Manuscript annotation in Arabic under the print “مكة المكرمة”. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26540770 BIB-ID: 2832162 Show less
Collection on photographs taken by the Austrian photographer Charles Scolik who embarked on a journey to the Middle East with other members of the... Show moreCollection on photographs taken by the Austrian photographer Charles Scolik who embarked on a journey to the Middle East with other members of the Leipzig Orientalist Society during the summer of 1894. The portfolios includes one portait of the fellow travellers as well as views of Corfu (1), Palestine (12), Damascus (6), Egypt (8), Athens (8) and Lebanon (1). Unsere Hungaria im Hafen von Korfu. Jerusalem: Tempelplatz. (2) Jerusalem: Tempelplatz. II. Jerusalem: Felsendom. Jerusalem: Eingang zur Heil. Grabeskirche. Jerusalem: Klagemauer der Juden. Jerusalem: Todesangstrotte. Jersusalem: Wohnzimmer im Deutschen Consulat. Teilnehmer Gruppe am Ölberg. Platz in Bethlehem. (2) Bethlehem: Eingang zur Heiligen Geburtskirche. Panorama von Damascus vom Salachije-Berge. Damascus: Strasse der Kupferschmiede. Damascus: Hofraum im Deutschen Consulate. Damascus: Privathaus. I. Damascus: Privathaus. II. Kairo von der Citadelle aus. I. Kairo: Citadelle mit Alabaster Moschee. Eine Strasse in Kairo. Kairo: Shepheard’s Hotel. Die Stufenpyramide bei Sakkarah. Kairo: Nilbrücke. Athen mit der Akropolis. Athen: Akropolis. Athen: Akropolis: Das Parthenon, rechts davon das Erechtheion. Athen: Erechtheion (Akropolis) und rechts im Hintergrund der Lykabethos. Athen: Propylaeen. Athen: Theseus Tempel. Athen: Zeustempel, im Hintergrund die Akropolis. Athen: Hadriansthor. Chan auf dem Libanon. Friedhof auf dem Antilibanus. Araber bei unserer Ankunft in Bedraschin. Straussenzucht. Title and date from item. Each print is 23 x 16.50, captioned in German. Date is embossed into each print. Under the image on the mount "Aufnahme von Ch. Scolik, k.u. k. Hofphotograph, Wien. - Gesetzlich geschützt" and "Verlag von Junghanns & Koritzer, Hoflieferanten, Meiningen". Plates are housed in original green cloth folder, title gilt on front cover with decoration. The portfolio includes a page of printed text in German with a portrait colloytype depicting three men. The portfolios is incomplete and includes only 37 of out of the 53 original plates; three pages of text are also missing. Two plates are duplicates. For a complete version of the work please see Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22798742 BIB-ID: 1951334 Show less
Advertising poster for the Tobacco company Gebrüder (Brothers) Crüwell based in Bielefeld, Germany showing an Arab man on a red background smoking... Show moreAdvertising poster for the Tobacco company Gebrüder (Brothers) Crüwell based in Bielefeld, Germany showing an Arab man on a red background smoking tobacco.3 Title from item, date devised by Library Staff. Tagline "Gebr. Crüwell Spezialfabrik für Rauchtabak Bielefeld gegr. 1705" (Brothers Crüwell Factory Specialized in Smoking Tobacco in Bielefeld since 1705) with the logo of the company "Crüwell-Haus Anno domini 1530". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0116 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26216218 BIB-ID: 2743579 Show less
Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Tourism, Tourism--Tunisia--20th Century, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Meccaز, Salat, Mosques, Mosques--Saudi Arabia--Mecca, Prayer--Islam
Vintage poster depictiging the Kaaba in Mecca and pilgrims performing the Tawaf (circumambulating). In the foreground a group of men, one of which... Show moreVintage poster depictiging the Kaaba in Mecca and pilgrims performing the Tawaf (circumambulating). In the foreground a group of men, one of which is looking into the viewer. The original painting is likely to be the work of the German painter Rudolf Hellgrewe (1860 – 1935). The illustration and the poster are related to the Middle East section of the book by Dr Alwin Wünsche (1866-1933) "Land und Leben. Geographische Wandbilder in künstlerischer Ausführung". Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The poster is inscribed "Dr. A. Wünsche: Land und Leben Reihe VI: Nach Osten N.o 24" (Dr. A. Wünsche: Land and Life Series VI: Middle East N. 4). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0178 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26223508 BIB-ID: 2802590 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