Category:Palestine

Palestine is usually refers to parts of the territories of the present-day states of Israel and Jordan, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The corset and the crinoline. The origin of the corset.

Chapter IX, Corset, Crinoline, Victorian, Fashion,

The origin of the Corset. The Corset and the Crinoline.

Jerusalem. S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives.

Ermete Pierotti, Pelagia, Tomb, Jerusalem, Mount, Olives, Holy land,

Jerusalem. Plan and section of S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives by Ermete Pierotti.

The Laura of Mar Saba near the Dead Sea.

Mar Saba, Buttresses, Monastery, Church, Convent, Palestine,

Nine and a half miles, on horseback, from Jerusalem in the unique grandeur of its situation (the Wilderness of Engedi, near the Dead Sea), the Laura of Mar Saba…

Early monastic life and the controversy over icons.

Hieronymites, hermit, monks, Ecclesiastical habit, religious order, costume,

Two groups of poets, living in the seclusion of two monasteries were particularly involved in the dispute when at its height.

Saint John and the hymn writers of Mar Saba.

Saint, Icon, John of Damascus, Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn,

Early monastic life. Mar Saba, center of earlier Greek Hymns. John of Damascus, Cosmas of Maiuma, Stephen the Sabaean

The Holy House of Loreto. The Basilica della Santa Casa.

Holy, House, Loreto, Basilica, Santa, Casa, Italy,

In the slope of the eastern Apennines, overlooking the Adriatic gulf, stands what may be called the European Nazareth.

Jerusalem. The Cotton Merchants’ Market. Suq al-Qattanin.

Jerusalem, Cotton, Merchant, Market, Suq al-Qattanin, Levant, Holy Land,

One of the entrances to the temple area within which stands the Mosque of Omar.

Traditional clothing from Arabia, Palestine and Syria.

Costume, cuts, Islamic, clothing, Bedouin, sheikh, Druze, Arab, Kamis, bajeh,

Costume cuts and robe shapes from Arabia, Palestine and Syria.

The immersion of the pilgrims in the Jordan River

Pilgrims, Louis Haghe, David Roberts, Holy Land, Romanticism, Orientalism,

In this View Achmet Aga, the Governor of Jerusalem, with a part of his Arab guard, occupy the foreground.

Encampment of pilgrims at Jericho

David Roberts, Encampment, pilgrims, Jericho, Palestine, holy land,

At Easter the neighbourhood of Jericho is frequented by Pilgrims, who come to purify themselves in the River Jordan.