Subject: Religious Buildings / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(33)
Title:: Smaller court, with the obelisk of Thothmes [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the standing obelisk, with the upper portion of a fallen obelisk lying among broken masonry in the foreground: 'At the end of the Great Hall is the third propylon, behind which stand two obelisks, dedicated to Thothmes I. and Rameses II. The two are sho...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(34)
Title:: Tha sanctuary [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sanctuary area of the Temple of Amun-Ra, largely under water in this view, owing to flooding from the Nile. In the background, to the south-east, is the festival hall of Thutmose III.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(35)
Title:: The sanctuary and grand hall from the south-east [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the length of the Temple of Amun-Ra from the sanctuary area (in the foreground), across the obelisk court (showing the two standing obelisks and the upper portion of the fallen one) and towards the hypostyle court beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(36)
Title:: A pylon, with colossi [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a largely buried pylon, with two seated colossal figures in front, on the north-south axis of the Temple of Amun-Ra. Abney describes this as the second pylon, presumably meaning the second nearest to the temple. This is now styled the eighth pylon.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(37)
Title:: Edifice of Thothmes III [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of four standing papyriform columns in the festival hall of Thuthmose III, at the east end of the Temple of Amun-Ra.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(38)
Title:: Small temple to the east [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of osiride and other columns, inscribed with bas-relief decoration: 'To the east of the edifice dedicated to Thuthmose III., a portion of a small temple has been excavated from out of a mound of rubbish...The photograph shows an interior view of a once-cov...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(39)
Title:: Karnak from the south-east. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the Temple of Amun-Ra, looking across the sacred lake towards the ruins. On the extreme left is the (?)eighth pylon (on the north-south temple axis). To the right stands the first pylon (on the east-west axis), with the hypostyle hall in the cen...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(40)
Title:: View of the great temple from the north-west [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the sanctuary area of the Temple of Amun-Ra, with the obelisk court on the left.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 1(1)
Title:: Le Kaire. Vue générale prise à l'Ouest. Au fond: la citadelle et la mosquée de Méhémet-Ali. Photographer: Rochas, Aimé
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across the rooftops of Cairo, with a minaret in the left foreground and looking towards the Citadel, with the Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque visible in the distance on the skyline. Steegmuller identifies this view as having been taken from a window of the ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 1(2)
Title:: Le Kaire. Mosquée près de Bab-el-Saïda. Partie méridionale de murailles. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the southern walls of the mosque, with the main building beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1849-1850
Extent:: 1 item

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