Architectural Lantern Slides of Palestine (includes present-day Israel)
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Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Lantern slides created in the Ottoman empire's region known as Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th century. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Image subjects include amphitheaters, churches, mosques, ruins, shrines, and temples. The collection includes images from present-day Israel and Palestine.
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Carmelite Monastery, Mount Carmel: Overall view, exterior of the domed shrine of Elijah's Cave
Church of Saint Anne: Overall view, imaged from lantern slide
Church of Saint George, Lod: Interior, view of the nave from the southeast end
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Detail, main entrance
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Detail, main entrance
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Interior, Chapel of St. Helena
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Overall aerial view of complex, rotunda at near center
Church of the Nativity: Detail, entrance
Church of the Nativity: Entrance to the crypt beneath the nave; the Grotto of the Nativity
Church of the Nativity: Interior, nave looking towards altar with partial wall covering the large gilded iconostasis
Church of the Transfiguration, Mount Tabor: One of the Crusader altars
Dome of the Rock: Interior detail, capitals of the octagonal double ambulatory
Dome of the Rock: Interior, center of the shrine with the Foundation Stone visible at bottom
Dome of the Rock: Interior, staircase of the south entrance, and the arched entry to the "Well of Souls" beneath
Dome of the Rock: Overall view, showing the entry screen on the south side
Mar Saba: View from the river bed, looking up at the entire cliff face and settlement
Mar Saba: View of the enormous support ramparts on the cliff face with the monastery on top, taken from the village halfway up the cliff
Sabastiyah; Temple of Augustus: Stairs and platform of the Temple of Augustus
Throne of Solomon: Interior, cenotaph covered by pall
Tomb of Absalom: Overall view, showing access hole on south side
Western Wall of Temple Mount: Detail, limestone blocks of the kotel
Western Wall of Temple Mount: Jewish men at prayer at the Western Wall