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