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Rescuing from oblivion: the ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek in the eighteenth century
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 715-722
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Author:
Anderson, Jocelyn (Anderson, Jocelyn)
Subjects
art literature:
Dawkins, James, 1722-1757 / Wood, Robert, 1717-1771
artists:
Borra, Giovanni Battista
dates:
1750-1759
places:
Palmyra / Baalbek / Lebanon / Syria
subjects:
Architectural history / Archaeology / Architectural drawings / Published illustrations
subjects:
Visual sources / Ruins
subjects:
Travel accounts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra, by Gavin Hamilton. 1758 (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
22. Upright of the grand entrance to the court of the temple, Plate IV of J. Dawkins and R. Wood: The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
23. Upright of the portico within the court of the temple, Plate XIV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
24. Ornaments of the inside of the portico of the grand entrance, Plate VI of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
25. 'Capital and entablature of the order in the foregoing plate', Plate XV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
26. 'View of the portico in it's [sic] present ruinous state', Plate IV, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)
Attributed works:
27. 'Upright of the portico in it's [sic] perfect state', Plate V, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)
Short Notice
Textiles from Palmyra
07/1944 | 496 | 85
Pages: 179-181
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Author:
Flanagan, J. F. (Flanagan, J. F.)
Subjects
places:
Syria / Turkestan / Palmyra / Halebie Zenobia
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Influence / Textiles / Silk stuffs
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1A. The Weave.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1B. Four Heald (Satinet) Damask. Based on Fig. 17 (Miss Sylwan's Diagram) S.6.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Four Heald Twill Damask. Based on Fig. 16 (M. Roehrich's Diagram) S.38
Book Review
Textiles de Palmyre. Decouverts par le service des Antiquites du Haut-Commissariat de la Republique Francaise dans la necropole de Palmyre, III
04/1941 | 457 | 78
Pages: 134-135
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Reviewer:
Kendrick, A. F. (Kendrick, A. F.; K., A. F.; K., A.; Kendrick, Albert Frank)
Subjects
places:
Syria / Palmyra / Damascus
subjects:
Textiles / Silk stuffs / Archaeology / Excavations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Textiles de Palmyre. Decouverts par le service des Antiquites du Haut-Commissariat de la Republique Francaise dans la necropole de Palmyre, III | author: Pfister, R.
Book Review
Textiles de Palmyre. Decouverts par le Service des Antiques du Haut Commissariat de la Republique Francaise dans la Necropole de Palmyre
08/1935 | 389 | 67
Pages: 92-93
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Reviewer:
Flanagan, J. F. (Flanagan, J. F.)
Subjects
places:
Palmyra / Syria
subjects:
Archaeology / Excavations / Textiles / Techniques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Textiles de Palmyre. Decouverts par le Service des Antiques du Haut Commissariat de la Republique Francaise dans la Necropole de Palmyre | author: Pfister, R.