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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 (44 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 twelfth 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 3."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 1 and 2 reads, "[House XIV, room 1]; House XIII, room 12 (Haus XIII, zimmer 12); House XIV, room 1 (formerly Haus VIII, zimmer 1); [Balkuwārā palace, Great Īwān, timber-frame construction]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 3 and 4 reads, "House XIII, room 11 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 11); House XII, room 3 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 3); House XII, room 3 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 3)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 5 and 6 reads, "House XII, room 3 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 3); House XII, room 3 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 3); House XIII, room 11 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 11); House XIII, room 15 (Haus XIII, zimmer 15)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 7 and 8 reads, "House XII, bath, room 10 (formerly Haus IX, bad, zimmer 10); House XII, room 21 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 21, 19); House XII, room 21 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 21, 19); House XII, bath, room 10, 11 (formerly Haus IX, bad, 10 u. 11)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 9 and 10 reads, "House XII, [room 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9] (formerly Haus IX); House XII, [room 14 (14, 17), 15 (13, 15), 16 (15, 16), 17 (19, 21), 18 (20, 22), 19 (17, 18), 28 (23, 29)] (formerly Haus IX)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 11 and 12 reads, "House XII, T-shaped Hall, room 13 (15) (formerly Haus IX, T-saal, zimmer 13, 15); House XII: room 15 (15, 13) (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 15, 13); House XII, room 7 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 7); House XII, T-shaped Hall, room 4 (formerly Haus IX, T-saal, zimmer 4):; House XIV, [room 1, 2, 3] (formerly Haus VIII); [House XIV, engaged column from door of room 2]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 13 and 14 reads, "House XII, courtyard 17, room 24 (formerly Haus IX, hof 17, zimmer 24 or 21); [House XII, courtyard 17, room 24 (formerly Haus IX, hof 17, zimmer 24 or 21)]; House XIII, room 16 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 16, 37)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 15 and 16 reads, "House XII, room 24 or 21 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 24 or 21); House XII, room 23 or 29 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 23 or 29)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 17 and 18 reads, "House XII, courtyard 21 or 19, and 18 or 17 (formerly Haus IX, 21 or 19, and 18 or 17); House XIII, room [20] (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 31 or 9); House XIII, room [20] (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 7, fruher 29); House XII, room 28 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 28 or 39)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 19 and 20 reads, "House XII, room [27] (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 28, fruher 39); House XII, room [26] (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 27, fruher 40); House XII, room [25] (formerly Haus IX, hof 26, fruher 41)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 21 and 22 reads, "House XII, [room [17] (19, 21); room [18] (20, 22), room [28] (23, 29), room [29] (30, 38), room [27] (28, 39), room [26] (27, 40), room [25] (26, 41), courtyard [19] (17)] (formerly Haus IX); House XII, [courtyard 19 (17, 18), room 20 (21, 24), room 21 (22, 25), room 22 (23, 26), room 23 (24), room 24 (25, 42)] (formerly Haus IX); House XIII, [reception hall 19 (20), room 20 (19), room 21 (21), room 17)] (formerly Haus IX)."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 23 and 24 reads, "; House XIII (formerly Haus IX): courtyard 11 (11), room 12 (12), [room 13], [room 17]; House XIII (formerly Haus IX): T-shaped Hall 6 (6), room 1 (1), room 2 (2), room 3 (4), room 4 (3), room 5 (5), room 7 (7), room 8 (8), room 9 (9);."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 25 and 26 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, northeastern quadrant of the inner enclosure]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 27 and 28 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, northeastern of the middle strip inside the inner enclosure]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 29 and 30 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, square reception-hall block, cruciform plan of a dome chamber]; [Balkuwārā palace, walled courtyard between gate III and the eastern Īwān]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 31 and 32 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, square reception-hall block, bath]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 33 and 34 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, southeast quadrant of the palace]; [Balkuwārā palace, southeast quadrant of the palace]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 35 and 36 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, southeast quadrant of the palace]; [Balkuwārā palace, southeast quadrant of the palace]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 37 and 38 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, southeast quadrant of the palace]; [Balkuwārā palace, courtyard I and gate I]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 39 and 40 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, courtyard I and II, and gate II]; [Balkuwārā palace, courtyard II and III, and gate III]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 41 and 42 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, Great Īwān, timber-frame construction]; [Balkuwārā palace, Great Īwān]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 43 and 44 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, honeycomb coffers of vaulted ceiling of room 7]; [Balkuwārā palace, Great Īwān]."
- Original handwritten notes for pg. 45 and 46 reads, "[Balkuwārā palace, bath, section of squinch in the central domed room]; [Balkuwārā palace, Great Īwān]."
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Architectural Studies 3
Arrangement:
Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-23 FSA A.06 07.23
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 07.23
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/dc33fd7ebf9-a8ce-498c-955a-9be58273f52c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10776