Stairway to Tower of Castle--Near the Place Where Christ was Transfigured

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 17.5 cm ( 10 x 6.875 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ruins of the castle, showing a set of stone steps.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Psalms, lxxxix:12.)--'The North and the South thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.' This is a view of the stairway to the tower of Subeibeh castle. It stands three miles from Cæsarea Philippi, and about one thousand feet higher than this town. It is in sight of Mount Hermon, where the Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured in the presence of Peter, James and John. We are looking toward the North. This castle figured largely in the wars of the Saracenes of Damascus against the Templars of Jerusalem. As it commands the passage from the Huleh to the plains of the Jordan over Hermon to Damascus and the East, it must have been a place of importance at least during those troublous times when such passes were dominated by a frowning castle."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)