[Photo.53/(022)] Our Lady of Ani (south-east side)

Stereoscopic photographs of Our Lady of Ani (south-east side, started by Simpad II and finished by Queen Gudramittee (1010) after the plans of the architect Tridate. The Catholicos [bishops] were consecrated and the Bagratid kings were crowned there. [Translated from the original French]. Described as ‘The cathedral, an exterior view seen from the south-west’.

Two identical 8.5 x 7.5 cm photographs taken by Onnes Kurkdjian in the 1870s and mounted on card.

Part of a set of 38 cards with stereoscopic photographs. Each card has the title ‘Collection “Ruines of Armenia: Ani; the capital of the Bagratides” by [facsimile of Kurkidjian’s signature], Erevan’ in French and Armenian. The cards have no captions but are hand numbered 1 to 42 and the subject of each card is listed in the accompanying booklets one of which is in French and German and the other in Armenian. The booklets note that the photographs for cards 11 and 12 were lost and, consequently, these cards were replaced with cards 41 and 42. Cards 9 and 10 are missing from this collection.