Mosque of the Citadel in Cairo

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 18 cm ( 10 x 7.125 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A mosque with two thin minarets. The building at the right has a tower with zigzag lines on the sides.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Ezekiel, xxx: 4.)--'And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt.' Egypt has in all ages been a place of war and bloodshed. This picture of the citadel in Cairo, begun by Muhammed-Ali and finished in 1857 by Sa-id Pasha, serves as a very good illustration of the text quoted from Ezekiel, because the sword has always been coming upon Egypt. It has attempted to perpetuate its existence not by constitutional forms of government, but by external force represented by the sword. This mosque at the citadel is built of alabaster. It is constructed after the model of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. The mosque is a square, covered by a large dome, and four small walls. In the southeast corner is the tomb of Muhammed-Ali, and close by is the pulpit." See 5139BAI/LVi57CAJS (Voyager # 357616).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)