Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839 – Historic Reproduction
![Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839, [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/74/743041a4bfd7-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839
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Roberts recorded the summit of Mount Sinai on February 20, 1839, during his travels through Egypt and the Levant, and this lithograph shows a Christian chapel and a Muslim place of worship standing side by side on the rocky peak. Roberts made his sketches on the spot, and Louis Haghe turned them into color lithographs for *The Holy Land*, published in London by F. G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Pilgrims of several faiths have long climbed Sinai, so the two small buildings on the summit offer a useful glimpse of how the mountain was shared and visited in the 1830s.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 19-20, p. 1. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 110, p. 28. Tooley, no. 112 |
| Subjects | Sinai, Mount (Egypt)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,473 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217525 |
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