CHRISTIAN & MAHOMEDAN CHAPLES ON THE SUMMIT OF SINAI
The top of Mount Sinai is reached after a two- hour climb up 3,750 steps from St. Catherine's Monastery. Today the site where Moses received the Tablets of the Law with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34, 1-28) is marked by a chapel built in 1934 from the material salvaged from Justinian's earlier church erected in 532 and repeatedly destroyed.
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Holy Land
DAVID ROBERTS R.A.
1796-1864
THE HOLY LAND : PETRA
Original antique lithographs
After David Roberts. Handcoloured.
Engraved by Louis Haghe.
Published for the First Public Edition
By F.G. Moon, 1849.
Mounted in cream with a gold line.
CONVENT OF ST. SABA. APRIL 1839
The first monastery was built on this site in 482 by St. Sabas (439-532 A.D.) after having inhabited a cave in the wadi for five years. Over the years the buildings expanded and reached their highpoint in the eighth and ninth centuries. One of its most famous residents was St. John Damascen, c. A.D. 750, who defended the legitimacy of images in Christian art. It is the only remaining monastery of the many that existed in the Judaean desert which is still in use and can claim continuous occupation since its foundation. However, the number of monks is rapidly decreasing.
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The first monastery was built on this site in 482 by St. Sabas (439-532 A.D.) after having inhabited a cave in the wadi for five years. Over the years the buildings expanded and reached their highpoint in the eighth and ninth centuries. One of its most famous residents was St. John Damascen, c. A.D. 750, who defended the legitimacy of images in Christian art. It is the only remaining monastery of the many that existed in the Judaean desert which is still in use and can claim continuous occupation since its foundation. However, the number of monks is rapidly decreasing.
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CONVENT OF THE TERRA-SANTA, NAZARETH APRIL 21ST 1839
Built in 1620 on the site of an earlier church, the Convent in the foreground takes the well fortified square shape familiar from numerous other religious foundations throughout the Middle East. Joseph's workshop is said to have been located to the north-east of the Convent beneath a small church and, to the west of that, the synagogue beneath a small arched building; but the location of both sites is unknown today.
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Built in 1620 on the site of an earlier church, the Convent in the foreground takes the well fortified square shape familiar from numerous other religious foundations throughout the Middle East. Joseph's workshop is said to have been located to the north-east of the Convent beneath a small church and, to the west of that, the synagogue beneath a small arched building; but the location of both sites is unknown today.
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GAZA MARCH 21ST 1839
The low mound of Tel Gezer commands the central plain between Askalon and Jaffa (Tel-Aviv). It was one of the Philistine Five Cities and is associated with Samson in the old Testament, first when he visited a woman there and the Philistines closed the gates, thinking to seal him within. He took the city gates and their posts with him and left (Judges 16, 1-3). The small domed building on the right in the litho- graph is said to mark the place to which he carried them. Subsequently he was held captive in Gaza, shorn of his hair by Delilah's wiles and blinded by the Philistines.
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The low mound of Tel Gezer commands the central plain between Askalon and Jaffa (Tel-Aviv). It was one of the Philistine Five Cities and is associated with Samson in the old Testament, first when he visited a woman there and the Philistines closed the gates, thinking to seal him within. He took the city gates and their posts with him and left (Judges 16, 1-3). The small domed building on the right in the litho- graph is said to mark the place to which he carried them. Subsequently he was held captive in Gaza, shorn of his hair by Delilah's wiles and blinded by the Philistines.
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GEBIL HOR. MARCH 5TH 1839
The evening before he entered Petra Roberts climbed one of the high hills in order to get a distant view of the city. In this he was disappointed since he found himself surrounded by hills with only the view of Aaron's tomb on Mount Hor set between the wadis Ghor and Arabah. However, he considered that the climb was well worth the view that he did get.
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The evening before he entered Petra Roberts climbed one of the high hills in order to get a distant view of the city. In this he was disappointed since he found himself surrounded by hills with only the view of Aaron's tomb on Mount Hor set between the wadis Ghor and Arabah. However, he considered that the climb was well worth the view that he did get.
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JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
The view shows the eastern quater of Jerusalem; at the very center lies the Noble Enclosure, where a mosque was built to protect the Rock, from which Mohammed ascended to heaven.
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The view shows the eastern quater of Jerusalem; at the very center lies the Noble Enclosure, where a mosque was built to protect the Rock, from which Mohammed ascended to heaven.
Uncoloured
Image size: 48 x 33 cm
Mounted size: 69 x 55 cm
Price inc. VAT: £675.00
Price exc. VAT: £562.50