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dc.contributorThomas Mason Opticianen_IE
dc.contributor.authorThomas Mason Opticianen_IE
dc.contributor.otherSouth Dublin Libraries Local Studiesen_IE
dc.coverage.spatialInternationalen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2016-11-25en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-07T03:00:22Z-
dc.date.available2016-12-07T03:00:22Z-
dc.date.issued1910en_IE
dc.identifier.otherwm_075_The Great Mosque Damascus.jpg
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11801-
dc.descriptionSlide 75 : one of a collection of lantern slides shown at Clondalkin branch library c 1910. Description given in booklet: Damascus often referred to in Biblical history is now the largest city in Syria, and occupies a site of striking beauty at the foot of the eastern base of the Anti-Libanus. It has a large trade and some manufactures, and its cutlery has a world-wide reputation. Seen from a distance, the town, surrounded by houses, and embowered in trees, has a charming effect, but the expectations thus raised are not realised by a nearer view. The city proper is about six miles in circumference, and is partly surrounded by old tumbledown walls – some of them mere mud patches. The principal buildings are places of worship, and of these the chief is the ‘Great Mosque’ the longest ecclesiastical building in the world, formerly a heathen temple, then a Christian church, and now a Mohammedan mosque. The floors are tessellated marble, covered in Persian carpets, and the walls and piers of the transept are enriched with beautiful devices formed of various coloured marbles, while rows of noble Corinthian pillars divide the interior into nave and aisles.en_IE
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
dc.publisherThomas Mason Optician, 5-6 Dame St Dublin.en_IE
dc.relationHoly Land Collectionen_IE
dc.rightsIf you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie.en_IE
dc.sourceglass slideen_IE
dc.subjectClondalkin Branch Libraryen_IE
dc.subjectlantern slideen_IE
dc.subjectHoly Landen_IE
dc.title75 – The Great Mosque, Damascusen_IE
dc.typeImageen_IE
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dc.coverage.latitude33.884045en_IE
dc.coverage.longitude35.510467en_IE
dc.rights.allowmp3downloadYesen_IE
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The Holy Land: a reading; a description of a series of lantern slides

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