Entrée de Damas--Le Barada
- Description
- 1 photograph
- b&w
- Alternate Title
- Entrance to Damascus--The Barada
- Language
- French
- English
- Collection
- Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 25 x 19.8 cm ( 9.875 x 7.75 in).
- Notes
- A person sits on the levee by the river. A mosque with minarets is on the other side.
- The photograph is in a book with a typed description in French and English. The French description: "Les indigènes nomment Damas Ech-Cham, mais le nom de Dimisch ne leur est pas inconnu. La ville actuelle, divisée en quartiers, compte environ 150 000 habitants. Elle est située sur la lisière occidentale du grand désert de Syrie et entourée de trois côtés par les montagnes. Des gorges de l'Antiliban sortent un certain nombre de ruisseaux; le plus important est le Barada (froid), le Chrysorrhoas des Grecs (fleuve d'or), qui arrose la ville." The English translation: "The natives call Damascus Ech-Cham, but the name Dimisch is also known to them...The present city, which is divided into districts, numbers nearly 150 000 inhabitants. It is situated on the western edge of the great syrian desert and surrounded on three sides by mountains. From the gorges of Anti-Libanus, flow a number of brooks; the most important is the Barada (cold), the chrysorrhoas of the greeks (river of gold), which waters the city." The initials "B+P" are printed at the bottom of the photograph. A title or other writing has been covered over at the bottom. [Bonfils # 405 ?]
- 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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