Title:

Grundiss und vorrisse des klosters St Simon Stylites und einiger alten graber

Description:

This engraving depicts the monastery of St Simeon Stylites. St Simeon spent the last 37 years of his life on a platform on top of a pillar, 50 meters above ground.

This engraving was taken from a German version of 'A description of the East and some other Countries' by Richard Pococke. Richard Pococke set out from England in 1737 and over the next several years he toured upper and lower Egypt, ascended Vesuvius twice, explored the Alps in the region of Chamonix, visited the Holy Land, traveled around Crete (where he climbed Mt Ida and rescued a German enslaved by the Turks) and finally returned home in 1740.

Publication: Publication : D. Richard Pococke's Beschreibung des Morgenlandes und einiger andern lander (A description of the east and some other countries). 1791

Condition: Very good. The engraving has been cleaned and pressed and is ready for framing. Left margin repaired.

Color: Uncoloured

Size (h x w): 39.0 x 17.5 cm. (sheet)

Technique: copper-plate engraving.

Scarce

Ref: JJB2305