MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Aleppo-Jewish201914.jpg (400x458) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Aleppo-Jewish201914.jpg en Photograph of Jewish wedding party in Aleppo in 1914 by the Armenian photographer Derounian Men women and children are all dressed in European fashion except for one Fez wearing family member Dr Alex Russell M D attended many weddings in Aleppo in the 18th century during his long residence there and made the following observation during a Jewish wedding The bride is seated in an open arm-chair in the middle of the open Divan or Alcove with three enormous painted wax tapers burning before her She is covered with a red gauze veil through which her face and dress are plainly enough discernable She is richly dressed in Venetian silks and besides the usual jewels of gold she is adorned with precious stones and a profusion of pearls THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ALEPPO 1794 LONDON http //mideastimage com/result aspx 1914 Derounian PD-US PD-Syria Transwiki details All user names refer to en wikipedia 2007-06-08 08 42 Funkynusayri 400×458×8 216901 bytes <nowiki>Jewish wedding in Aleppo Syria 1914 Made available here http //mideastimage com/ Photographed by Derounian </nowiki> Judaism in Syria Jewish weddings 1914 photographs Aleppo in the 1910s 1914 in Syria Sitting people people in 1914 1914 weddings | ||||
