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Creation Year
1960
Image ID
A.070
Alternate Identifier
B01.070
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Description
A view of the Bab al-Qattanin or the Cotton Merchant’s Gate, one of the grandest gates of the Haram Sharif, located in the western wall. The gate leads into the Cotton Merchant’s Market (Suq al-Qattanin), which was built by the Mamluk al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad in the 14th century, and which according to K.A.C Creswell was the finest bazaar in Syria. The entrance portal (not visible in this image) is located within a much larger deeply recessed portal containing impressive muqarnas or stalactite decoration and outlined by an arch with alternating red and white ablaq masonry.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1960. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly cataloged as B01.070. Notes written on the slide or index: Haram Colonnade.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Bab al-Qattanin, Gate, Arches, Colonnade, Stone, Ashlar, Masonry, Trees, Gates of the Temple Mount, Qait Bay, Fountain, Temple Mount, Fourteenth Century, Mamluk
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