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1786.b.33, 1(28)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228092
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228064
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x001089
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1786.b.33, 1(28)
- Title:
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Medeenet Habou. (First court.) Photographer: Douglas, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Archaeological Photography
View in the first court of the Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, showing an angle of the wall, with Osirid columns to the right, and a wall covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions on the left: 'After passing through the private Palace, a Dromos of Sphinxes forms an avenue two hundred and sixty-five feet long to the Pylon which admits to the main building. The outer Court, in which the view is taken, exhibits one of the most extravagant instances of what has been called 'symmetrophobia.' On one side it is lined by a row of piers with Oseiride figures, on the other by eight columns with bell-shaped capitals. If this intentional disregard of regularity sprang from a dread of monotony it was right in principle, but the Egyptians undoubtedly often carried it beyond the limits of good taste...The view affords us likewise a good example of the important use made of the hieroglyphic symbols in Egyptian architecture, which by associating with itself sculpture, painting and pictorial writing in one indissoluble union, produced its gorgeous effects in endless variety with but limited architectural materials...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228064
040-003228092 - Is part of:
- 1786.b.33, 1 : Photographic views taken in Egypt, by James Douglas M.D. and James Douglas Jnr. [authors' names inserted by hand] during the…
1786.b.33, 1(28) : Medeenet Habou. (First court.) Photographer: Douglas, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228064[0028]/040-003228092
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1786.b.33, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Albumen Print From Waxed Paper Negative
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1860-1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 208 mm x 275 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Douglas, James, engineer and businessman, 1837-1918
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Columns
Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
Inscriptions
Reading and Writing
Religious Buildings
Temple of Ramses III (Medinet Habu)
Temples