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Metadata
Accession Number |
2016.19.00 |
Catalog Number |
2016.19.01 |
Object Name |
Book |
Published Date |
1861 |
Summary |
Hand bound book in red leather, gold stamping. Text in Arabic with some Latin. Full page etchings with Arabic and Greek captions. [stone lithographs], black and red Arabic script. Inserts: photograph of 12 posed men, page 120. note from Joseph Haddad, 12-10-2019, "I believe it was a photo of some gentlemen who were activists for independence of Lebanon held in custody by the Ottoman officials. My uncle, Exarch John Haddad had sought help from his uncle, Major General Michael Haddad of the Austrian army, who was in the court of the Austiran Emporer, for their release thru the contacts he had with government officials of Turkey., Best wishes for the holdiays., Joseph Haddad" "I should have included that I was advised by my father and mother that they sent that photo to my uncle with expressions of appreciation for his help after their release from custody. Joseph Haddad" Bank slip, Continental Illinois Natonal Band and Trust Company of Chicago, Credit Savings Account, blank, page 248-249. Card Party ticket, 10 x 6 cm, "Remember the Poor, The St. Vincent DePaul Society" Friday Evening, December 12th, 1902, St. Patrick's Church Hall, Adams and Desplaines Sts., Tickets 50 cents. Small print logo. E Rowe ?23 W. Taylor St., Allie Printing, Trades Council, Union Label, Chicago, ILL. Arabic script on back. Inscriptions: Father John Haddad, page 120, l'Abbie Jean Haddad, page 38 with Arabic script on the bottom of page. Plate, Saint John, seated at a desk. Pictured symbols include: eagle / griffin, ink well, six-pointed star, triangle with eye, halo. Plate, Saint Matthew, seated at desk. Pictured with angle and halo. Plate, Saint Luke, seated on a bovine. Pictured symbols include bull (cloven feet with horns), Mary with infant Jesus in clouds with sun rays and halo. Plate, Saint Mark, seated on lion. Pictured symbols include lion, angels and halo. |
Physical Description |
316 P.: ill.: 31 x 23 cm, 80 |
Language |
Arabic |
Search Terms |
Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Melchite |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Relation |
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