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
"The minaret and the dome are the two great features of Cairo. The minaret came with the Fātimids to Egypt; it developed from the square tower of the Syrian churches. This tower was later much elaborated and rose up in diminishing galleries, culminating in a little dome. The top became very complicated and was called a mabkharah, from its likeness to a censer. The pencil minarets of the Turkish period, such as those ot the Citadel mosque, do not belong to this tradition, having been imported from Constantinople." [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-3, 35.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "T 6 Egy. Egypt. Cairo. Minaret details of the Citadel of Saladin, 135 years-old, built by Mehemet Ali. 1959. EE. neg.no. 1959 C-3, 35." 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 06424
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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Record ID
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