The Armenian Church and Convent, Jerusalem--Where David Made his House in Jerusalem
- Description
- 1 photograph
- b&w
- Creator
- Bain, Robert E. M. (Robert Edward Mather), 1858-1932
- Collection
- Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 25.4 x 17.8 cm ( 10 x 7 in).
- Notes
- A group of people, some wearing fezzes, are in a street outside the mihrab-like entry to the Armenian Church of St. James.
- The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(I.Chron., xv:I.)--'And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.' We pass through the gate called Zion's Gate in the south wall on the summit of the ridge of Zion. At this place we are on the height held by the Jebusites until David took it by storm. It was the highest point within the limits of the city. It was here, or in this immediate neighborhood, where this Armenian church and convent now stand that David built his house and the household of his families, and here was the place for the ark of the Lord before the temple was built. The Armenian convent is one of the richest and largest in the city. There are some tamarisk trees in front of it said to have been planted by Herod. Within the convent is the church of St. James, the place where, according to tradition, St. James was beheaded." See 5221BAI/LVi139CAJS (Voyager # 359453).
- The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.
- Condition: Good
- Provenance
- Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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