Comité Bulletins
Photo Archive

Comité Bulletins
 

To access a chronological list of the bulletins click on
• View list of all the Comité Bulletins

Alternatively to view a list of the plates contained in the bulletins click on

• View list of plates in all the Comité Bulletins

Each bulletin title has next to it two links:
French: to access the French version
Arabic: to access the Arabic version
 

Clicking on the relevant link will take you to the corresponding bulletin. Either the table of contents or the title page of the book will appear. The table of contents is in hypertext form so the page numbers can be clicked.

You can alternatively search for any word in the table of contents of some of the bulletins by typing in a search term in the slot next to:
Search in the French table of contents of all the Comité Bulletins

The string used can be any of the French words used in the table contents, names of monuments or the monument type in French or English. For example typing in 'abreuvoir' or 'trough' will yield to the same search results.

Viewing the pages of the bulletins
After clicking the relevant bulletin and accessing the pages of the book you can search a page or a plate number. Simply choose the parameter 'Page' or 'Plate' and then enter:
1. The page number; i.e. ii, xi, 45, 32, etc….
2. The plate number by typing in the Roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv, etc..) corresponding to the plate number required or the equivalent Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, 4, etc..)

Printing

A printable copy of any of the pages can be accessed by clicking on 'Printing copy'. This takes one to a higher resolution version of the same page. Using this is highly recommended especially when printing the plates.

Photo Archive

You can use any of the following to view the photos we have.

1. To view thumbnails of all pictures available click on • View all photos

1. Monument Name

You can look for the photographs by typing the name next to 'Monument Name'. Different spellings can be used to reach the same monument name, i.e. Qaytbay, Kaitbai, Qaitbai, Kaytbay or Kaitbay will all lead to the same list of buildings called Qaytbay.

Alternatively you can view the list of monuments available now in the database arranged alphabetically by clicking on • View Monument Name directory next to ‘Monument Name’. Not all these monuments have photographs available for them at the time being. Individual monuments in the list that will appear can be clicked and this will take the user to the page with information about the monument. In many cases there will be the option of viewing the plan of the building or the thumbnails available for it.

2. Monument Number

Monument Number denotes the number given to each monument by the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe and is the same number used today by the SCA (Supreme Council of Antiquities) to define the monuments in addition to their names.

You can look for the photographs by typing the number next to 'Monument Number'.

Alternatively you can view the list of monuments available now in the database arranged in a numerical order by clicking on • View Monument Number directory next to 'Monument Number'. Not all these monuments have photographs available for them at the time being. Individual monuments in the list that will appear can be clicked and this will take the user to the page with information about the monument. In many cases there will be the option of viewing the plan of the building or the thumbnails available for it.

3. Founding Era

You can also choose to view a list of monuments built during a specific period/ruling dynasty, by selecting from the drop-down menu the Founding Era of interest. For example one can look up all the monuments built during the Fatimid period and then see the photographs available for each through the page with the monument information.
To see a list of all the Founding Ears now available one should click on  • View Founding Era directory.

4. Monument Type

You can view buildings within a specific building type; i.e. all mosques, madrasas, tikiyyas, khanqas, etc. by selecting from the drop-down menu the Monument Type of interest.
To see a list of all the Monument Types now available one should click on  • View Monument Type directory.

5. Patron

You can view all the buildings built by a specific person by typing in his name or part of it next to ‘Patron’.

6. Architectural Detail

You can view here the photographs categorized according to the artistic form they exhibit; geometry, inscription, arabesque, etc…
To see a list of all the forms available one should click on  • View Architectural Detail / Form directory.

7. Construction Date

You can look for monuments by typing in the date according to the Gregorian Calendar (A.D.), the Hijri Calendar (A.H.) or the century. When typing in the century; e.g. 17 or 17th.

The thumbnails that will appear have captions consisting of monument names and a photo description. The monument name can be clicked and this will take the user to the page with monument information.

Complex Search

You can use a number of the search parameters simultaneously to limit the search. You can look for the geometric patterns in the Qaybay buildings, for instance, by typing Qaytbay in the 'Monument Name' filed and choosing 'Geometry' from the drop-down menu of 'Architectural Detail/Form'.

Monument Information Page

The monuments in the database, whether they have photographs or not, have basic historical information each displayed in a page that has the thumbnails of recent photographs and/or a plan. The thumbnails link to pages with bigger images: 500 x 500 pixels and 800 x 800 pixels.
To view photographs of the monument in the bulletins of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe click on
• View monument pictures in the Comité Bulletins