The Convent of Sanai, and the Distant Plain of Eh-Raheh.
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The Convent of Sanai, and the Distant Plain of Eh-Raheh.
From Views in the Peninsula of Sinai. Second Series.
ca. 1857
Albumen silver print
7.0 x 6.6 cm. (each); on 8.4 x 17.3 cm. mount
Museum accession
1981.7149.0001
Inscriptions recto-(in image) "Frith 509 [sic]"
mount verso-(printed) "506." "Views In The Peninsula of Sinai.
Second Series." "The Convent of Sinai, and the Distant Plain of
Eh-Raheh." "These views are taken from the path on the ascent of Jebel
Mousa, and at a distance of about two miles from the Convent. The base
only of Mount Horeb is comprehended in the picture, to the left of the
Convent. The plain of Er-Raheh is now accepted pretty generally by
travellers, as the place upon which the people were assembled to ..."
mount verso-(printed) "506." "Views In The Peninsula of Sinai.
Second Series." "The Convent of Sinai, and the Distant Plain of
Eh-Raheh." "These views are taken from the path on the ascent of Jebel
Mousa, and at a distance of about two miles from the Convent. The base
only of Mount Horeb is comprehended in the picture, to the left of the
Convent. The plain of Er-Raheh is now accepted pretty generally by
travellers, as the place upon which the people were assembled to ..."
