Egypt (546 Subjects)
Ottoman costumes that Jacob Βreuning and his companion του Carlier de Pinon wore in Istanbul and Egypt. On Janissary costumes their guides.
Giraffe that Jacob Breuning saw at the fortress of Cairo.
Bovid from Egypt, most probably of the genus Bos indicus or Zebu.
Bovid of the Gazelle or Oryx genus, that Jacob Breuning saw at the castle of Cairo.
Genet that Jacob Breuning Saw at the castle of Cairo.
Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in Ottoman costumes on their way to the Pyramids, and accompanied by Janissaries and their Jewish interpreter. In the background Sycamores and Cassias
Mummies from Giza, Egypt.
View of the Giza Pyramids. View of the Spinx.
The embalmed serpent seen by Jacob Breuning in Cairo, which at the time was shown as specimen of a "flying serpent".
Embalmed tapir from South America, seen by Jacob Breuning in Cairo.
Chameleons from Cairo.
Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlierde Pinon, and their escorts setting off to Mount Sinai (from Cairo).
Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlier de Pinon, and their escorts on their way to Mount Sinai.
Rock from the ossuary in Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, Egypt, on which the figure of Saint Cathrine is sketched.
Moses' rock on Mount Sinai.
View of Mount Sinai with Saint Catherine's Monastery, as well as other monasteries and chapels.
Pilgrims inscriptions on Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlier de Pinon and their guide on their trip from Egypt to Palestine. Jacob Breuning and his companion wear Ottoman costumes, yet their hats are similar to those of Christian pilgrims. In the same context, their guide carries a pilgrim as well as a rosario.
Arab woman from Egypt.
Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.
Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.
View of Cairo.
Elephant from Cairo.
Giraffe from Cairo.
Goat of Syrian or Mambrina breed. Giraffe from Cairo.
View of the fortress of Babylon in Cairo (modern-day Coptic quarter).
Church of the Virgin on the ouskirts of Cairo, on the site of the cave where the Holy Family hid while in Egypt (Santa Maria della Cava). Church outside Cairo near the former, (Santa Maria della Scala), with a red column which the Virgin hugged, leaving an indelible white imprint.
Tomb of Saint Barbara, possibly in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Giza; according to the author, they were the granaries of the Pharaohs of Egypt, built by Joseph son of Jacob.
Monastery, possibly dedicated to Saint Arsenius on the route from Cairo to Mount Sinai. Monastery of the Virgin of the Palm on the route from Cairo to Mount Sinai.
View of the Red Sea.