Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
1908-1914
Aleppo (Syria): Mashhad al-Husayn, Portal Leading to the Courtyard: View of Arabic Inscription No. 116, in Naskhi Ayyubid Script, Inscribed on the Vault's Muqarnas

Black & white glass negative
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.33579, Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.3357
 
-- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 15, vol. 1 reads, "Mashhad al-?usain, vault of portal."
 
Publication Caption accompanying Plate XCVIII, a. reads, "Pl. XCVIII, a. Mashhad al-?usain; voûte du portail; inscription No 116 (s.d.)." [Herzfeld, Ernst: "Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, Deuxième Partie : Syrie du Nord, Inscriptions et Monuments d'Alep. Tome II. Le Caire; Imprimerie de L'Institut Franc?ais d'Archaéologie Orientale, 1954. Plate XCVIII, a."]
 
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.15: Photo File 15 (3 vols.), "Aleppo," Subseries 4.15.1: vol. 1; Image No. 165 (Negative Number: 3357). Mashhad al-Husain. Vault of portal. Corpus, p1.XCVIIIa."
 
- Additional information from Staff reads, "Mashhad al-Husayn today is actually a reconstructed building. The original structure was badly damaged by a massive explosion in 1918 (the shrine had been used to store ammunition since the end of World War I) and remained in ruins for about forty years. All Herzfeld photographs are from the original building."
 
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