View of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area... Show moreView of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area of the blank wall in a similar way to the dark windows and shadows in the walls above, while adding a human dimension both literally and socially. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (189) in ink on label on verso. Main Heritage Vault HC.HP.2020.0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25953588 BIB-ID: 2746221 Show less
مسجد النبي دانيال (الإسكندرية), Islamic architecture--Mosques, Islamic architecture--Mosques--Egypt--Alexandria--Photographs
Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving... Show moreGirault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving photographs depicting Egypt and the Middle East. Three years later, in 1845, he was back in France with almost one thousand daguerreotypes. Out of these, he considered part of his archaeological fieldwork, he realized the lithographs illustrating the renowned book Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie mineure, dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (96) on the back of the plate. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0254 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25237445 BIB-ID: 2686959 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26064819 BIB-ID: 2745933 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26064819 BIB-ID: 2745933 Show less
by K.A.C. Creswell. Main Heritage Shelves General NA380 .C74 1932 Book Part. 2 Item-ID: i22798109 BIB-ID: 1951259 Show moreby K.A.C. Creswell. Main Heritage Shelves General NA380 .C74 1932 Book Part. 2 Item-ID: i22798109 BIB-ID: 1951259 Show less
by K.A.C. Creswell. Main Heritage Shelves General NA380 .C74 1932 Book Part. 1 Item-ID: i22798080 BIB-ID: 1951259 Show moreby K.A.C. Creswell. Main Heritage Shelves General NA380 .C74 1932 Book Part. 1 Item-ID: i22798080 BIB-ID: 1951259 Show less
The portfolio houses photographs of Cairo, including the Tombs of the Caliphs and Mamluks, and interior and exterior views of the mosques of... Show moreThe portfolio houses photographs of Cairo, including the Tombs of the Caliphs and Mamluks, and interior and exterior views of the mosques of Qaitbay, of al-Maridani, of Sultan Hassan, of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay, and the mosques of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad and of Sultan Barquq. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs measure 25.4 x19.7 cm, the mounts 55.2 x 40 cm. Braun's embossed blind stamp on print recto, and a handwritten number and caption, in English, on mount recto. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23899815 BIB-ID: 2537137 Show less
Photograph of the Sabil Birkat al-Sultan Sulayman, one of the six sabils - public fountains - that were erected in Jerusalem by order of Sultan... Show morePhotograph of the Sabil Birkat al-Sultan Sulayman, one of the six sabils - public fountains - that were erected in Jerusalem by order of Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66). It is located on the southwest side of Bab al-Khalil (Jaffa Gate), one of the city gates on the road between Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. It was erected between 1536 and 1537. Title from item, date devised from Library staff. Captions and credits (Aug. Salzmann, Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs., Imp. Photogr. de Blanquart - Evrard, à Lille) printed on mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0237-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25887324 BIB-ID: 2755491 Show less
Title and date from item. Inscribed under the plate "Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny et Cie .[ait] en 1851. Paris, r. St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72" and ... Show moreTitle and date from item. Inscribed under the plate "Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny et Cie .[ait] en 1851. Paris, r. St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72" and "Publié par Goupil et Cie. éditeurs. Paris, Londres ; Berlin, New York". Plate n. 42 in "Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858]. The photograph was taken and printed in 1851 but published between 1853 and 1858. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0210-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25887348 BIB-ID: 2755493 Show less
Badr El-Hage. Main Heritage Office General DS99.D3 .H35 2000 Reference Item-ID: i22678098 BIB-ID: 2409650 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show moreBadr El-Hage. Main Heritage Office General DS99.D3 .H35 2000 Reference Item-ID: i22678098 BIB-ID: 2409650 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less