Finding aid for Léopold Maigné, Monuments remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII
siècles: restaurés et photographiés de 1853 à 1864, ca. 1864
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Léopold Maigné, Monuments remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles: restaurés
et photographiés de 1853 à 1864
Date (inclusive): circa 1864
Number: 2018.R.26*
Creator/Collector:
Maigné, Léopold, active
1844-1872
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear Feet
(21 photographs in 1 box)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract:
Monuments
remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles restaurés et photographiés de 1853 à
1864 comprises twenty-one albumen photographs documenting sites restored and
photographed by Léopold Maigné in and around Tlemcen, Algeria, during the mid-nineteenth
century. Monuments depicted include the Mosque of Sidi Halaoui; the Mosque and Madrasa of
Sidi Boumediene (Sidi Abu Madyan); a Muslim cemetery; the ruins of a princely tomb at Sidi
Yacoub; the Mosque at Mansourah; the El Mechouar Mosque; and the minaret and fortifications
of the Mosque at Agadir.
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Language: Collection material is in French.
Biographical / Historical
Léopold Maigné was the French government architect in Algeria between 1844 and 1872. His
Album de photographies, monuments de Tlemcen des onzième, douzième
et treizième siècles
was exhibited in the French Algerian section of the
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Léopold Maigné, Monuments remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII XIII siècles: restaurés et
photographiés de 1853 à 1864, 1864, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no.
2018.R.26.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2018r26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2018.
Processing Information
Beth Ann Guynn processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2018.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2019 and the images are available
online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2018r26
Scope and Content of Collection
Considered the "capital of Maghreb," the city of Tlemcen was founded on the site of the
Roman military outpost of Pomaria. Tlemcen successively supported Roman, Christian, and
Islamic cultures, and is one of the most architecturally significant cities in north Africa.
Léopold Maigné initiated the process of modernization at Tlemcen, and his photographs
provide valuable evidence of its earliest phases. Many of the Islamic sites recorded by
Maigné have subsequently undergone extensive restoration: to date the city has been subject
to ten (mostly unsuccessful) restoration programs.
A paper wrapper with the printed title
Monuments remarquables de
Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles restaurés et photographiés de 1853 à 1864
contains
twenty-one albumen photographs documenting sites restored and photographed by Maigné in and
around Tlemcen, Algeria, during the mid-nineteenth century. Monuments depicted include the
Mosque of Sidi Halaoui; the Mosque and Madrasa of Sidi Boumediene (Sidi Abu Madyan); a
Muslim cemetery; the ruins of a princely tomb at Sidi Yacoub; the Mosque at Mansourah; the
El Mechouar Mosque; and the minaret and fortifications of the Mosque at Agadir.
Thirteen mounts bear letterpress captions below the image. Among the uncaptioned
photographs is a duplicate of the one captioned: Fortifications porte et minaret d'Aguadir.
Titles are taken from the captioned photographs, while the uncaptioned photographs have
titles devised by the archivist.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series:
Series I. Léopold Maigné, Monuments
remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles: restaurés et photographiés de 1853 à 1864,
1864.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Architecture, Medieval -- Algeria -- Tlemcen
Islamic architecture -- Algeria
Minarets -- Algeria -- Tlemcen
Mosques -- Algeria -- Tlemcen
Tombs -- Algeria
Subjects - Places
Tlemcen (Algeria) -- Antiquities
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- Algeria -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Maigné, Léopold, active
1844-1872
Series I.
Léopold Maigné, Monuments remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles:
restaurés et photographiés de 1853 à 1864,
ca. 1864
Léopold Maigné, Monuments remarquables de Tlemcen XI, XII, XIII siècles: restaurés
et photographiés de 1853 à 1864 (digitized version)
Arrangement
Arranged by archivist. Material was in no discernable original order.
2018.R.26-w
Wrapper with printed title
box 1
2018.R.26-1
Mosquée El-H'aloui
Scope and Content Note
Mosque of Sidi Halaoui. Caption continues: Edifiée par Abu-Einan-Farès en 754 de
l'Hégire (de J.C. 1353).
box 1
2018.R.26-2
Mosquée El-H'aloui
Scope and Content Note
Mosque of Sidi Halaoui. Caption continues: Décoration des murs et arcs
intérieurs.
box 1
2018.R.26-3
Mosquée Bou Médine
Scope and Content Note
Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque). Caption continues: Porte d'entrée
principale. (XIII siècle).
box 1
2018.R.26-4
Mosquée Bou Médine
Scope and Content Note
Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque). Caption continues: Décoration des
murs et arceaux intérieurs (XIII siècle).
box 1
2018.R.26-5
Mosquée Bou Médine
Scope and Content Note
Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque). Caption continues: Face intérieure
des murs latéraux (XIII siècle).
box 1
2018.R.26-6
Mosquée et Medersa de Sidi Bou Médine
Scope and Content Note
Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque) Caption continues: Edifiées par
Abou-l'Hacen-Ali en 739 de l'Hégire (de J.C. 1538-39).
box 1
2018.R.26-7
Cimetière Musulman
Scope and Content Note
Caption continues: K'obba du cid Mohamed Ibn Abi Amer (745 d'Hégire 1345 de
J.C.).
box 1
2018.R.26-8
Ruines d'une tombe princière à Sidi Yacoub
box 1
2018.R.26-9
Marabout vénéré de Sidi Yacoub
box 1
2018.R.26-10
Minaret de la Mosquée du Méchouar
Scope and Content Note
Edifiée sous le sultan Abou-Hammou-Mouca 1er en 717 de l'Hégire (de J.C.
1317-1318).
box 1
2018.R.26-11
Mosquée de Mansoura
Scope and Content Note
A display of columns and capitals from the mosque ruins. Caption continues: Chapitaux
et colonnes en mabres translucides. Boulets en pierre ayant servi au siège de Tlemcen
(lancés par des catapultes) 1res années du XIII siècle.
box 1
2018.R.26-12
Marbres translucides du Mansoura
Scope and Content Note
Capitals and slabs with inscriptions form the ruins of the mosque. Caption continues:
...et inscriptions déposées au musée Tlemcen.
box 1
2018.R.26-13
Fortifications porte et minaret d'Aguadir
Scope and Content Note
Caption continues: ...à un kilomtre. de Tlemcen.
box 1
2018.R.26-14
[Fortifications porte et minaret d'Aguadir]
Scope and Content Note
Title from 2018.R.26-13, which is the same image, however, this uncaptioned print is
much crisper.
box 1
2018.R.26-15
[Wall with Wooden Doors and Tower]
box 1
2018.R.26-16
[Building Ruins with Arches]
box 1
2018.R.26-17
[Wall with Horseshoe Arch and Minaret]
box 1
2018.R.26-18
[Remains of a Curved Wall]
box 1
2018.R.26-19
[Walls and Tower]
box 1
2018.R.26-20
[Tower and Wall with Wooden Doors and Arched Windows]
