Object Details
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Citation
Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
"This most interesting church owes its fame to the tradition that it is on the site of the house where the Holy Family lodged during the Sojourn in Egypt. It is dedicated to Sts Segius and Bacchus, favourite saints of early times, and is known as Abu Sarga (St Sergius), while the crypt, which is the primitive church, was dedicated to the Virgin. The crypt is barrel-vaulted in three spans and has a nave and north and south aisles, divided off by slender colums. It is used five times in the year, amongst others on the Feasts of the Flight into Egypt and of the Nativity." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
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Local Numbers
Negative number 1959 C-6, 26.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "T 6 Egy. Egypt. Old Cairo. Crypt of the Holy Family church. 1959. EE. neg.no. 1959 C-6, 26." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Egypt
Topic
Cultural landscapes
Religious buildings
Architecture -- Egypt
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
Date
1959
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 06402
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
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