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The Jumma Mosque.- Hindoo Porch in the center of the Southern Colonnade, Portal in a colonnade of the Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad, photograph, page, number: '14.', inscription: 'E2', photographer: Thomas Biggs, Ahmedabad (city), c. 1856 - in or before 1866, Gujarat, paper, albumen print, height 135 mm x width 188 mm, colonnade, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, monumental door, porch, 'aediculum', Jama Masjid (Ahmedabad), A sepia-toned photograph shows a stone structure with an elevated open porch supported by carved columns and ornate capitals, a richly decorated frieze running along the top edge, and a patterned balustrade beneath the porch; beneath and beside the porch are arched recesses set into a lower stone wall, and to the right a sloped roof covered with tiles leans on a wooden post above a pile of stones and woven baskets.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Jumma Mosque.- Hindoo Porch center Southern Colonnade Portal colonnade Jama Masjid Ahmedabad photograph page number 14 inscription E2 photographer Thomas Biggs city c 1856 - 1866 Gujarat paper albumen print height 135 mm x width 188 mm temple shrine Islam Mohammedanism monumental door porch aediculum sepia-toned photograph stone structure elevated open porch supported carved columns ornate capitals richly decorated frieze running top edge patterned balustrade beneath beneath beside arched recesses set lower stone wall right sloped roof covered tiles leans wooden post pile stones woven baskets