Nine and a half miles, on horseback, from Jerusalem in the unique grandeur of its situation (the Wilderness of Engedi, near the Dead Sea), the Laura of Mar Saba…
The Laura of Mar Saba near the Dead Sea.
Category: Israel
Early monastic life and the controversy over icons.
Two groups of poets, living in the seclusion of two monasteries were particularly involved in the dispute when at its height.
Jerusalem. The Cotton Merchants’ Market. Suq al-Qattanin.
One of the entrances to the temple area within which stands the Mosque of Omar.
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The immersion of the pilgrims in the Jordan River
In this View Achmet Aga, the Governor of Jerusalem, with a part of his Arab guard, occupy the foreground.
Palestine. Herdsmen and christian woman in Bethlehem costume.
Palestine is a confusion of modern and ancient, a conglomeration of Moslems, Christians, and Jews of all sects and types, a babble of tongues, a wild array of costumes.
Samaria the ancient Capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
Group of horseriders on a plateau overlooking a landscape with the city of Sebaste, formely Samaria.
The Fountain of Mary or Virgin Fountain at Nazareth.
The figures introduced were all drawn on the spot, and convey an accurate representation of the female costume of Nazareth.
Orders of monks and nuns. Historical religious habit of the Orient.
These oriental monastic and nun’s habit date back to the earliest times of Christianity.
Jerusalem. Plan of the Church of the Resurrection and the Holy Sepulchre.
Plan of the Church of the Resurrection and the Holy Sepulchre. Interior views of the Great Dome, Calvary, Greek Chapel, Chapel of S. Helena.
The David street. Jerusalem. City of the Great King.
This particular thoroughfare is the David street in its normal condition today. It is the principal street of the city Jerusalem.
