Sujet

'The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Légende

'The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt', 1905. 'That niche there is called by the Moslems the mihrab, and it marks the proper direction for prayer, which they term kibleh, or facing for it is very important that a Moslem should always pray toward Mecca. On the further side of the prayer niche you observe the mimbar, or pulpit, from which the Friday sermon, or Khutbeh, is delivered every week.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1905

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C39_499

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,2Mo (3,4Mo) / 34,0cm x 37,0cm / 4018 x 4365 (300dpi)

Mots clés

personnes gens intérieur religieux mosquée pays religion église Égyptien Arabe Christianisme Musulmans Islamique prière prière agenouillement Musulmans endroit siècle photographie copie B&W MONOCHROME noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Égyptien de l'Antiquité les années 1900 20e siècle Égypte antique pupitre The Print Collector Egypt Through the Stereoscope Mosque of Kait Bey prayer-niche photographie stereoscopic card James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted photographie