Aleppo (Syria): Mashhad al-Husayn: View of Portal Leading to the Courtyard

Object Details

Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.3250
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: The monuments and inscriptions of Northern Syria were surveyed and collected between 1908 and 1914 by Moritz Sobernheim and Ernst Herzfeld as part of a broader project, sponsored by the Institut de France, that of Max van Berchem's "Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum." The drawings are related to this survey as well as additional expeditions to Aleppo (Syria) carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1930.

Topic: Art of the Islamic World; Archaeology; Architecture; Decoration and ornament; Shrines

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Bibliography: 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 Franc̦ais d'Archaéologie Orientale, 1954. Plate CII, a."

Scope and Contents: - Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 15, vol. 1 reads, "Mashhad al-Ḥusain, gate of the courtyard."; - Publication Caption accompanying Plate CII, a. reads, "Pl. CII, a. Mashhad al-Ḥusain; portail de la cour; inscription No 114 (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 Franc̦ais d'Archaéologie Orientale, 1954. Plate CII, a."]; - Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.15: Photo File 15 (3 vols.), "Aleppo," Subseries 4.15.1: vol. 1; Image No. 164 (Negative Number: 3250). Mashhad al-Husain. Gate of courtyard. Corpus, p1.CIIa."; - 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."