St. George's Coptic Cathedral
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA ET-22-04
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Photo-Chante (Addis Ababa)
- Place
- Africa
- Ethiopia
- Topic
- Religious buildings
- Architecture -- Africa
- Historic sites
- Provenance
- Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; FY 2005; EEPA 2005-013
- Creator
- Photo-Chante (Addis Ababa)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 18: Ethiopia (ET)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- circa 1930
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA ET 2005-013-0009
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Manuscript caption on recto reads: "St. George's Coptic Cathedral. Vatican of ["Pope"?]."
- Typed caption on verso reads: "'St George Coptic Cathedral' the 'Vatican' of the 'Abuna' or Coptic 'Pope'. 'Some say' the original Ark of the Covenant containing tablets of ten commandments reposes in the Holy of Holies of this church - others maintian that it is the Axum (former capital of the Queen of Sheba founded in the days of Abraham) - Legend says the Ark was brough to Axum by Menelik, The I, son of King 'Sol' and 'Sheba' in 982 B.C. when for some reason he fled from Jerusalem."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo-Chante; Addis-Abeba / Satrox."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087981-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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