Capella Imperfeita; details of the ornament of the entrance archway. Interior. (No. 2.) [Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha]. Photographer: Thompson, Charles Thurston
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculptural detail.
Bassaule — the Hill of Caves. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 70' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Kabul River at Basawal towards the sheer rock face beyond, dotted with the entrances to Buddhist cave temples and monastic cells. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (28).
[Church of the Daphni Monastery, Athens.] Photographer: Beck, H.
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Inscription: Signed in the negative 'H. Beck.' Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Byzantine church belonging to the Daphni Monastery, with hillside rising behind.
View of the excavations [at Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Arched top. General view of the excavations made by Harris of the Buddhist site near the Sultanganj railway yard in 1862-63.
The cloisters of Belem, Portugal. Photographer: Stuart
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the interior of the arcade of the cloisters of the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, showing elaborate sculptural decoration of the arches and vaulting. With accompanying letterpress by John Latouche, who is unsympathetic to the exuberant Manueline style: ...
Mar Sâba. General view of the Convent and Ravine of the Kidron. Photographer: Bedford, Francis
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the ravine, with the monastery perched on the steep hillside on the right overlooking the gorge: 'The ravine itself, forming the dry and rocky bed of the Kidron, in which the convent stands, is as desolate and dreary a spot as could well be concei...
Greek monks. St. Pantalemoni. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography View looking along the arcaded vernadah of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St Panteleimon at Myrtou in Kyrenia district, with a group of monks posed in the foreground.