The Franciscan Convent of the Terra Santa had been originally built in 1620, on the site of a Church of remote antiquity.
Tag: Grand Tour
The Grand Tour, also known as the Cavaliers’ Tour, was the name given to an obligatory journey undertaken since the Renaissance by the sons of the European nobility, later also by the upper middle classes, through Central Europe, Italy, Spain and also to the Holy Land. In England in particular, the Grand Tour found rich literary expression in the 18th century.
General view of Nazareth, Northern Israel.
Various views of Nazareth of the 19th and early 20th century. Photographs and illustrations. The Plain of Esdraelon. Mount of Precipitation.
Mount Tabor, the mountain of the world in Galilee in northern Israel.
Tabor is a beautiful mountain, wholly of limestone, and rising about a thousand feet above the great Plain of Esdraelon.
Calvary, or Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
A view of the Calvary Altar in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, within the Christian Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem. Absalom’s Pillar in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
The Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew יד אבשלום Yad Avshalom) is an ancient funerary monument in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem. It dates from the 1st century AD.
Jerusalem. View of the barrack of the Haram es-Sherif, Temple Mount.
Barrack of the Haram es-Sherif. Northern corner of the Tower Antonia, according to Pierotti. Houses of the time of Saladin. Entrance to the Haram es-Sherif. Mosque of the Little Sakharah. Bevelled rock.
Jerusalem. Entrance to the Citadel. The history of the city walls.
Jerusalem. An outline of the history of the city walls. The Entrance to the Citadel.
Jerusalem. Views of the Royal Caverns, and of the Grotto of Jeremiah.
Jerusalem Explored. The Cave of Jeremiah. Place of Prayer. Cemetery of Dervishes. The Royal Caverns. Ancient Entrance of the Inner Cave.
View of the arch of the Ecce-Homo, with the smaller arch to the north.
View of the arch of the Ecce-Homo, with the smaller arch to the north, discovered by Pierotti.
Jerusalem. Ancient Jewish work in the Haram Wall.
Ancient Jewish work in the north-east of the Haram Wall, near S. Mary’s Gate. Jerusalem.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com