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La Marche de la Caravane du Grand Caire pour la Mecque

1719

The Khalili Collections

The Khalili Collections

The march of the caravan from Cairo to Mecca' is an illustration (page 130 ) from volume II of Troisième voyage du sieur Paul Lucas, fait en M.DCCXIV, & c. par ordre de Louis XIV dans la Turquie, l'Asie, la Sourie, la Palestine, la Haute et la Basse Egypte, & c., by Paul Lucas. It is the earliest printed European depiction of the mahmal procession. A detached print, from another edition of the work ('Tom.I, pag.367'), is also in the Collection (ARC.pt 83, illustrated below).

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  • Title: La Marche de la Caravane du Grand Caire pour la Mecque
  • Date Created: 1719
  • Location Created: printed in Rouen, France
  • Type: DOCUMENT
  • Medium: engraved print
The Khalili Collections

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