COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb06
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb06.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 6
Title Alternative:
Volume XIII, From Cairo to Carthage
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1942-1944
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's hardcover notebook describing architectural details of Islamic buildings in North Africa. His title on the first page reads: "Volume XIII, From Cairo to Carthage ". The notes were written from August 28, 1942 to February 8, 1944, though some entries have later dates when the Davis revisited the sites. Additional loose material is inserted throughout the notebook. The entries are organized by location and include many illustrations. The entry's content includes bibliographic references continued from volume 12, notes from a variety of scholarly sources, quotes from reference material from noted scholars such as George Marcais, K. A. C. Creswell and Claude Pionssot, repeated patterns and motifs carried over from past eras or locations, a timeline for most of the sites, and an brief interpretation of what Davis observed or learned. Entries are written on the front of each page with corrections or later additions added on the back. Several maps were inserted throughout the notebook for the following sites: Kairouan, Carthage, Thuburbo Majus, and Dugga (Thudda). Loose material at the end of the notebook includes newspapers, pamphlets, photograph of the Roman Theater at Sabratha, and a booklet on Sabratha. Each of the pieces includes a date handwritten by the author.
Contents:
List of Books (additional to vol. XII); Creswell on the Works of Sultan Bibars al-Bunduqdari; The Qubba of Hosh Aba 'Ali (Cairo); The Mosque of the Emir Almas (Cairo); An-Nasiriyya Madrassa (Cairo); Mausoleum of Yunis [Yunus] el Dawadar (Cairo); Muristan of El Muayyad (Cairo); Mosque of Kadjonas al Ishaki, with rubbings; The Mosque of Aslam el Bahay (Madrossa also); Khanga of Sheikhu, with rubbing; Zawiya of Faradj ibn Barkuk (Cairo); the Mosque of Princess Tatar el Heqaziya (Cairo); Mosque of the Emir Algay el Yusufy (Cairo); Mosque of the Qady Zein ed Din Yehia, al el Habbniya (Cairo); Mausoleum of al-Ashraf Barsbay (at the "Tomb of the Caliphs") (Cairo); Mausoleum of the "Mother of El Ashraf"; Madrassa of Sultan Kaytbay (intra muros) at Qalaat el Kabsh near ibn Tulun (Cairo); Mosque of Sinan Pasha at Bulaq (Cairo); Mausoleum, Mosque and Monastery of Inal? (Tombs of the Caliphs); Mausoleum of the Emir Kebir (Cairo); Coptic Influences on Early Muslim Architecture; Mosque of Ezbek [Uzbek?] el Yusufy (Cairo); Mosque of Hassan el Tahir? [Taher?] (Cairo); Mosque of Tagey Bardy (Cairo); HIstory of Herodotus; Ancient Egyptian History; Qairouan, the Great Mosque (Tunisia); Basber's Mosque, Qairouan; Sousse, the Mosque; Sousse, other antiquities; History of Tunisia; Pamphlet by British Military Press; Sabratha (Tripolitania); History of the Northern Frontiers of Islam; History of Tripoli; History of Carthage and Tunis; Dougga, Thugga (Tunisia); Margais on the Dome and Ceilings of the great mosque at Kairouan; Muslim Architecture in Tunisia, First Idea; Tunis Revisted; Dar el Dey Othman (Tunis); Zaghouan, Ziqua, Temple des Eaux; Thuburbo Maius, Henchis Kasbat (Tunisia); Qubba in Belvedere Park (Tunis); Midha of the Souk el Trouk, now in the Belvedere Park (Tunis); Hammemet; N. African Coastline, Egypt to Libya; Loose material.
Illustration Description:
The illustrations throughout are pencil or pen drawings of architectural elements such as spandrel designs; representations of arches, domes, windows, frieze ornamentation, cornices, stringcourses, mosaics, capitals, tiled floors, inlay of a nook, and door posts; rubbings from friezes; detailed representations of vaulting and minarets; a stalachite pendentive of a dome; and floor plans for several of the mosques. Photographs are pasted throughout including two on the inside front cover showing two views of Kairouan. Two photo-plates taped to the first page is captioned: Le Caire vu del la Mosquee D'ien Touloun, Dans Le Fond, La Citadelle Appuyee au Moqattam.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Islamic architecture
Subject:
Antiquities
Subject:
Architecture, Ottoman
Subject:
Architecture, Ancient--Mediterranean Region
Subject:
Mausoleums
Subject:
Architecture, Roman--Tunisia
Subject:
Mosques
Subject:
Architecture, Mameluke--Egypt--Cairo
Buildings Identified:
Qubba of Hosh al-Basha (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Madrasa of Tatar al-Hijaziya (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Khanqat Baybars al-Jashankir (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Madrasa of Qaytbay (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Sinan Pasha Mosque (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Emir Qurqumas Complex (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Emir Ezbek al-Yusufy (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Hassan el Taher (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Taghribirdi (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Great Mosque of Kairouan (Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Zawiya of Sidi Sahib (Kairouan, Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Great Mosque of Sousse (Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Dar Othman (Tunis, Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Temple des Eaux (Zaghouan)
Buildings Identified:
Thuburto Maius (Extinct City)
Buildings Identified:
Koubba (Tunis, Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Belvedere Park (Tunis, Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Hammamat (Tunisia)
Buildings Identified:
Alexandria (Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Qubba of Yunus al-Dawadar (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu (Cairo, Egypt)
Buildings Identified:
Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq (Cairo, Egypt)
Places Identified:
Sabratha (Extinct city)
Places Identified:
Tripoli (Libya)
Places Identified:
Carthage (Extinct city)
Places Identified:
Thugga (Extinct city)
Places Identified:
Qayrawān (Tunisia)
People Identified:
Marcais, Georges, 1876-1962
People Identified:
Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
Keywords:
notebooks; Research; Ruins; Archaeological sites; Floor plans; Travel; History; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Capitals (Columns); Sections; Illustrations; Moldings; Minarets; ; Towers; Diaries; Maps; Tiles; Rubbings; Shrines
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
Cairo
Location:
Tunisia
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Language:
eng
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 6, "XIII", Box 1, Folder 6, Western Michigan University Special Collections
References:
Creswell. 1926. "The Works of Sultan Bibars al-Bunduqdari in Egypt." Bulletin De L’Institut Francais D’Archeologie Orientale 26: 129–93.
References:
Herodotus. 1910. The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Ancient Greek by George Rawlinson. Edited by E. H. Blakeney. Translated by George Rawlinson. Everyman’s Library. London, New York: J.M. Dent & Sons E.P. Dutton & Co.
References:
Marcais, Georges. 1925. Coupole Et Plafonds De La Grande Mosquee De Kairouan. Tunis: Tournier.
Format:
image/tiff
Rights Status:
In Copyright.
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Text
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2024