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Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from their library

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from the library

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Ralph Helmick's silicon and bronze "Through His Eyes" monument in Atlanta, Georgia, pays tribute to Georgia civil-rights leader John Wesley Dobbs

Ralph Helmick's silicon and bronze "Through His Eyes" monument in Atla...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Based on a 12th-century Nigerian tradition, the sculpture is a "face mask" only, through which passersby can literally look out onto A... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Stone rubbing dated 1933? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty,... More

[Embossed leather binding on 12th century manuscript]

[Embossed leather binding on 12th century manuscript]

Alternate title from: Library of Congress Quarterly journal of current acquisitions, v. 5, no. 3 (1948 May), p. 50. Illus. in: Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150] Published in: The tradition ... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Church of the Transfiguration and the mosque Monastery of St. Catherine

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Church of the Transfig...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Church of the Transfiguration and the mosque. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

The Clarisses (left) where the old people, from bad treatment by the Huns in the occupied districts of France, died like flies, after being brought back to Evian. On the right is an old 12th century castle. In the centre is the tower of the village church

The Clarisses (left) where the old people, from bad treatment by the H...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Red Cross Commission to France. Group Title: Repatriates, France. On caption card... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Holograph, in ink. For voice and piano. Words by Walther von der Vogelweide. May have originally been included in a portfolio of the composer's early songs. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection... More

Biblia latina.  [England? 13th cent.]  [563] l. 19 cm.

Biblia latina. [England? 13th cent.] [563] l. 19 cm.

Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Matson i.e., Eric Matson, Dr. Robinson (of Chicago Univ.), Goldberg, & 2 monks at St. Catherine's, Sinai

Matson i.e., Eric Matson, Dr. Robinson (of Chicago Univ.), Goldberg, &...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Greek Orthodox priests at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Greek Orthodox priests at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Hall of architecture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hall of architecture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket and partially devised by cataloger. "West portals of the Abbey Church of Saint Gilles, Gard, France, French Romanesque, 12th Century A.D." on plaque. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048244. Gift; S... More

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from their library

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Sinai. Church of the Transfiguration and the Mosque Monastery of St. Catherine

Sinai. Church of the Transfiguration and the Mosque Monastery of St. C...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Identified as Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Photograph taken from the southweste... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Monastery of St. Katherine i.e., Monastery of St. Catherine from the east

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Monastery of St. Kathe...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Monastery of St. Katherine from the east. Photograph taken from the slopes of Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) to the north of... More

The Clarisses (left) where the old people, from bad treatment by the Huns in the occupied districts of France, died like flies, after being brought back to Evian. On the right is an old 12th century castle. In the centre is the tower of the village church

The Clarisses (left) where the old people, from bad treatment by the H...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Red Cross Commission to France. Group Title: Repatriates, France. On caption card... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Furness Abbey, Lancashire, founded by the Cisterian Monks in the 12th century,--the most extensive monastic ruins in England

Furness Abbey, Lancashire, founded by the Cisterian Monks in the 12th ...

H28628 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2600. Public domain photograph - England, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Holograph, in ink. For voice and piano. Words by Walther von der Vogelweide. May have originally been included in a portfolio of the composer's early songs. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection... More

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Holograph, in ink. For voice and piano. Words by Walther von der Vogelweide. May have originally been included in a portfolio of the composer's early songs. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Convent of St. Catherine i.e., Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai Mts.i.e., mountains

Convent of St. Catherine i.e., Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai Mts.i...

Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from the slopes of Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) to the north of Saint Catherine Monastery in Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), looking northwest and showing the e... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

Public domain photograph of a castle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from the library

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. The Crescent and the Cross; belfry and minaret Monastery of St. Catherine

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. The Crescent and the C...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: The Crescent and the Cross, belfry and minaret. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negativ... More

Sinai. Monastery of St. Katherine, close view

Sinai. Monastery of St. Katherine, close view

Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. On slide mount: Sinai. Monastery of St. Katherine. On slide mount: Copyright Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken ... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Greek Orthodox priests from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Greek Orthodox priests from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Glimpse of the mosque's minaret Monastery of St. Catherine

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Glimpse of the mosque'...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Glimpse of the mosque's minaret. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighbo... More

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from their library

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

To Sinai by car. St. Katherine's i.e., St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai showing outer walls, belfry, and minaret

To Sinai by car. St. Katherine's i.e., St. Catherine's Monastery in Si...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the slopes of Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) to the north of Saint Catherine Monastery in Wadi ... More

Chapel at the Castello di Amorosa winery, an authentic-styled, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines. California

Chapel at the Castello di Amorosa winery, an authentic-styled, 12th ce...

The winery opened in April 2007. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of... More

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Unter der Linde op. 1 [sic] Nr. 3

Holograph, in ink. For voice and piano. Words by Walther von der Vogelweide. May have originally been included in a portfolio of the composer's early songs. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More