Hospitium, Xenodochium et Ecclesia Parochialis S. Petri Ap. in Joppe (Jaffa)

Alternate Title:

Hospice, Guest House and Church of the parish of St Peter, Apostle. in Joppa (Jaffa)

Date:

1882~

Description:

1 photograph; Albumen

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; [Ganer]; 1993 April 30

Physical Description:

16.5 x 22 cm ( 6.5 x 8.75 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

The photograph is of a three-story stone building with a sign above the second floor. Several windows on the first and second floors have metal bars on them. A man stands on the steps in front of one of the entrances. Some type of wire crosses the street in front of the building in several places.; The album contains mounted photographs with captions in Italian and decorated borders. "Beatissimo Patri Leoni XIII Pontifici o.m. cuius mens cor vires in rem christianam orientis ut plurimum versantur solemniis saecularibus VII recurrentibus ab ortu faustissimo seraphici minorum patris album istud non dignum sane et absolutum conditionibus loci meliora haud exhibentibus franciscalis terrae s custodia humillime offert dicat" is printed on the second page of the album. "Desunt quatuor Scholae Elementares et Hospitium Sidonis" is printed on paper affixed inside the back cover. The page is numbered (38) on both the photograph and the matte.; Condition: Good although there is some fading of the background and the matte is warped and has some mildew; The photograph dates to 1882 or earlier.

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)