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Damascus (Syria): Shamiyya al-Kubra Madrasa, Courtyard: View of Ten-Bay Portico Composed of Limestone Arches, Leading into the Prayer Hall and the Tomb Chamber

Catalog Data

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Glass negative (b&w, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Syria
Damascus (Syria)
Syria -- Damascus -- Damascus
Date:
1908-1914
Scope and Contents:
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 16, vol. 1 reads, "Damascus. (Shamiyya extramuros) Shaʼmīyya-Ḥusamīya. Porch."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.16: Photo File 16 (2 vols.), "Syrian Architecture," Subseries 4.16.1: vol. 1; Image No. 146 (Negative Number: 2756). Damascus, Sha'miya-Husamiya. Portal. SA-III, fig.115."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.2756
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Glass negatives
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, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2756
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3db0271e1-d1ae-44bc-9734-5110c9ed9f09
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref28793