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A sketch by Edward W. Lane depicting the entrance to al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Edward William Lane (1801-76) was a British Orientalist, translator and Arabic scholar who lived in Ottoman Cairo from 1825-28. So fascinated was he with Egypt, he dressed as an Ottoman Turk and spent much time sketching the backstreets of Cairo. Upon his return to England he translated the novel 'Arabian Nights' ['1001 nights'] and 'Selections from the Qur'an'.

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A sketch by Edward W. Lane depicting the entrance to al-Azhar University in Cairo.

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Edward William Lane (1801-76) was a British Orientalist, translator and Arabic scholar who lived in Ottoman Cairo from 1825-28. So fascinated was he with Egypt, he dressed as an Ottoman Turk and spent much time sketching the backstreets of Cairo. Upon his return to England he translated the novel 'Arabian Nights' ['1001 nights'] and 'Selections from the Qur'an'.

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3150 x 5605 px | 50.5 MB

Taille d'impression:

26.7 x 47.5 cm | 10.5 x 18.7 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART • ART, ORIENTALISME • CAIRE • CAIRE, LE • COURS • CULTURE • ÉCOLES • EDUCATION ECOLE • EDUCATION • ÉDUQUER • EGYPTE • EGYPTOLOGIE • ENSEIGNANT • ENSEIGNEMENT • FORMATION • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • INSTITUTEURS • INSTRUCTION (ENSEIGNEMENT) • INSTRUCTION • ISLAM • ISLMAM • LA CAIRE • LE CAIRE • LE CAIRE, VUE • LECAIRE • MAITRES ECOLE • MINARET • MOUVEMENT ORIENTALISME • MUSULMAN • MUSULMANE • MUSUSLMAN • ORIENTALISME • PEDAGOGIE • PROCHE-ORIENT • PROFESSEUR