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Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume (Sketchbook (40 pages), 12.8 cm. x 25.7 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- The eighteenth of a series of eighteen sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on topography, landscape, archaeological remains, architecture, artifacts and decorative motifs, related to the congregational mosques in Samarra, Mutawakkiliyya, and Balkuwārā; the Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya; the palaces of Balkuwārā, Ṣūr ʿĪṣā, and the Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq; and finally the residential architecture and the baths at Quraina, Wadī al-Muḥḥ, Qāṭūn, Jubairiyya, and west of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā.
- Original handwritten caption on cover reads, "Samarra ; plan aufnahmen 9."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 1 and 2 reads, "--; Miḥrāb."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 3 and 4 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Dār al-Imāra, the southern annex building]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 5 and 6 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Dār al-Imāra, the southern annex building]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 7 and 8 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Dār al-Imāra, the southern annex building]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 9 and 10 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, western wall]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 11 and 12 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, northern wall; Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, eastern wall]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 13 and 14 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, southern wall (Qibla wall]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 15 and 16 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, central gate; Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, three central aisles in front of the miḥrāb]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 17 and 18 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, southeast corner (S.O. Ecke)]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 19 and 20 reads, "[Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, fondation pits for pillars in the southeastern prayer hall]; --."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 21 and 22 reads, "--; House V, [room 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] (formerly Haus IV)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 23 and 24 reads, "House IX and X, [room 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] (formerly Haus VI)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 25 and 26 reads, "House IX and X, [courtyard (kleine hof), room 23 (25), 25 (26), 22 (24), 21 (23), 20 (22), 19 (20)] (formerly Haus VI); House IX and X, [room 31 (28), 32 (29), 33 (30), 34 (31), 35 (32)] (formerly Haus VI); House IX and X, [ courtyard (kleine hof, 19), room 26 (18), 27 (17)] (formerly Haus VI)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 27 and 28 reads, "House XI (formerly Haus VIII); House XI (formerly Haus VIII or haus VII); House XI, [T-shaped Hall, room 1, room 2, room 3] (formerly Haus VII)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 29 and 30 reads, "House IX, room 7,[unglazed waterpipes] (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 7); House XI (formerly Haus in Qāṭūn II); House XI (formerly Haus in Qāṭūn II); House XI (formerly Haus in Qāṭūn II); House XI (formerly Haus in Qāṭūn II)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 31 and 32 reads, "House VII, room 1, room 6 (formerly Haus V, zimmer 1, zimmer 6); House XI, courtyard (formerly Haus VIII or haus VII, hof); House XI, T-shaped Hall (formerly Haus VIII or haus VII, T-saal)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 33 and 34 reads, "House XI, room 2 (formerly Qāṭūn Haus VII, zimmer 2); House III, room 16 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 16); House III, room 16 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 16)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 35 and 36 reads, "House III, room 16 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 16); House III, room 16 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 16)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 37 and 38 reads, "House III, room 19 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 19); House III, room 19 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 19); House III, room 19 (formerly Haus II, zimmer 19); [Ornament 136]; House IX and X (formerly Haus VI)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 39 and 40 reads, "House I, [room 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50] (formerly Haus Ia); House I, room 3 (formerly Haus Ia, zimmer 3); House II, room 8 (formerly Haus I, zimmer 8); House II, room 7 (formerly Haus I, zimmer 7); [House VI], room 45 (formerly Haus V, zimmer 45); [House VI], room 37 (formerly Haus V, zimmer 37)."
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Architectural Studies 2
Arrangement:
Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-22 FSA A.06 07.22
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
- Since these are primary sources, handwritten captions in the sketchbook are specified in three stages: (1) an English designation following Thomas Leisten and Alastair Northedge's terminology; (2) the transcribed original caption in German which is provided under parenthesis; and (3) additonal information from Herzfeld's publication, "Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1923." and Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003" which is provided under bracket.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.
Funding note:
Funded by
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Relief (Sculpture)  Search this
Religious buildings  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.22
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc39c505079-00cd-44d5-bc19-eb20e9f0788c
EDAN-URL:
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