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In 1862 the leading British photographer Francis Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany her son and heir, the future King Edward VII, on an ambitious journey around the Middle East. This book documents that journey.

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Commentary upon and facsimiles of the wood engraving by Matteo Pagano and its contemporary narrative by Guillaume Postel. Volume 1 provides commentary on the production of Pagano's engraving, volume 2 facsimiles, translations and commentary on Postel's narrative and volume 3 a full size facsimile of the engraving.

In 1862, the Prince of Wales, eldest son of Britain's Queen Victoria, embarked on a grand tour of the Middle East, for his education and enlightenment. Accompanying the royal party was Francis Bedford, an accomplished practitioner of the still young art of photography, charged with taking views of the cities and historic places visited on the tour for the royal album. The result is an extraordinary collection of some of the best early photographs of Cairo and the temples of Upper Egypt, Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Lebanon and Damascus, Izmir and Constantinople. From timeless views of the Pyramids, the Dome of the Rock, Baalbek, and Hagia Sophia to scenes from another age of the streets of Cairo or tall ships on the Bosphorus, 120 of Bedford's most outstanding photographs are showcased here in this fascinating visual tour of ancient lands in royal company.

Of major events / Anthony Alcock -- History of the state/ Anthony Alcock -- History of the church / Anthony Alcock -- The meaning of the term copt / Anthony Alcock -- The Egyptian church and its rituals / Anthony Alcock -- Music in the church / Anthony Alcock -- Monasticism / Anthony Alcock -- Coptic literature / Anthony Alcock -- Coptic art in the Coptic museum / Gawdat Gabra -- A selection of items from the coptic museum / Gawdat Gabra -- The churches of old Cairo : introduction / Gawdat Gabra -- The fortress of Babylon / Gawdat Gabra -- Churches within the fortress / Gawdat Gabra -- Churches outside the fortress / Gawdat Gabra -- Churches to the south of the Babylon fortress / Gawdat Gabra -- Churches in and around Fatimid Cairo / Gawdat Gabra.

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