Caravans (19 Subjects)
Halt of a caravan in the desert, near Adana.
Caravan at the borders of Syria and Arabia.
Caravan in the Balkan mountains.
View of Medina in Saudi Arabia, with Al-Nabawi Mosque.
Death of the author's travelling companion in the desert.
Scene from the author's journey to Istanbul: The journey through Wallachia, in modern-day Rumania.
Mount Sinai and the Monastery of Saint Catherine (A). Mount Moses (D). In the foreground, caravan of Ottoman pilgrims to Mecca.
View of Antioch (Antakya), Asia Minor. Part of the walls of Saint Peter's church (B) as well as the castle of the Crusaders or Bagras castle.
View of the city of Mamre, or Terebinth, Palestine. According to one tradition, this is the site where David overcame Goliath. In the foreground, caravan of Ottoman merchants.
View of Aleppo, Syria. Ottoman caravan in the foreground.
Landscape at the Arabic peninsula, near the Red Sea. According to the Bible this is where the Springs of Marah were located.
View of the Holy Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On the left, a caravan of pilgrims arrives from Istanbul.
View of Mar Elias monastery on the route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
Landscape at the Red Sea.
Frontispiece with themes related to the author's journey.
Caravan bridge outside Izmir.
The author, Arnolf von Harff on a camel, following the caravan to the Holy Land.
View of Mount Sinai and the monastery of Saint Catherine (in the background, on the right). The summit of Moses or Mount (centre). At the feet of Mount Moses, in the foreground, the chapel of the Burning Bush.
View of the cistern and the aqueduct of Cairo.