Convent of S. Saba. April 1839 – Antique Print
![Convent of S. Saba. April 1839, [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fa/fa9e930274ac-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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A window into the past: Convent of S. Saba. April 1839, preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Convent of S. Saba. April 1839
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Few monasteries in the Holy Land sit as dramatically as the Convent of S. Saba, known today as Mar Saba, which David Roberts drew in April 1839. The community clings to the steep walls of the Kidron Valley southeast of Bethlehem, with towers and cells stacked into the rock. Louis Haghe transferred Roberts's drawing to the stone for the color lithograph, which was published in London between 1842 and 1845 in *The Holy Land*. The fortified walls that catalogers note here are a reminder that the monks had to defend the place as well as pray in it.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Landscape prints 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 7-8, p. 9. Tooley, no. 52 |
| Subjects | Mar Saba (Monastery)--1830-1840. Monasteries--Bethlehem--1830-1840. Forts & fortifications--Bethlehem--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,471 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216112 |
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