Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell Photograph Collection of the Biblioteca Berenson.

• Author: Anastasio, Stefano.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 pages)

Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879-1974) developed an early interest in Islamic architecture, considering photography as an essential tool for recording architectural artefacts. This volume presents the photographs that concern Mesopotamia, Syria and Jordan, kept today at the Biblioteca Berenson in Florence.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- A martyr for Islamic architectural history -- Introduction -- Creswell and the Berenson Collection -- Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in Creswell's photographs -- The sites and the monuments -- Mesopotamia -- Syria -- Transjordan -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Register of photographers in Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan between the 1840s and th -- Appendix 2. Register of Creswell's photographs of the Biblioteca Berenson -- Appendix 3. Synopsis of Creswell's photographs in the different archives -- Appendix 4. Sites and monuments geolocation -- Bibliographic references -- Arabic.