La Pierre du Midi--Baalbek
- Description
- 1 photograph
- b&w
- Alternate Title
- The Stone of the South--Baalbek
- Creator
- Bonfils
- Language
- French
- English
- Collection
- Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 25 x 19.9 cm ( 9.875 x 7.875 in).
- Notes
- A person is lying on a giant monolith. The Temple of the Sun is visible in the background.
- The photograph is in a book with a typed description in French and English. The French description: "En sortant de Baalbek, on arrive aux anciennes carrières d'où ont été tirés les matériaux gigantesques de l'acropole. On trouve encore en place un des gros blocs monolithes de la muraille cyclopéenne; les Arabes l'ont baptisé du nom de Hadjar el Kibleh, la pierre du midi. Les dimensions sont: largeur, 4m,10; hauteur; 4m,50 ; longueur, 23m,42. Il attend depuis des siècles la force motrice qui devait le transporter à l'enceinte de l'acropole. M. de Saulcy a calculé qu'il avait 500 mètres cubes, et qu'il devait représenter un poids de 1500000 kilos; il faudrait par conséquent une machine de la force de 20000 chevaux pour le mettre en mouvement." The English description: "On leaving Baalbek, we reach the ancient quarries from whence the gigantic materials for the Acropolis have been derived. We still find here an immense monolith of cyclopian masonry; the Arabs have given it the name of Hadjar-el-Kibleh, the stone of the South. The dimensions are : width, 4m,10; height, 4m50; length, 23m42. It has been waiting some centuries for the motive, force to transport it to the enclosure of the Acropolis. M. de Salcy has calculated that it consists of 500 cubic metres and must represent a weight of 1 500 000 kilos; consequently a machine of 20 000 horsepower would be necessary to move it." The photographer's name and a title are visible at the bottom of the photograph.
- 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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