Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn3227

Village priest

Village priest in a dark robe and tall black hat, seated on a wooden chair and reading a printed sheet beside a whitewashed wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3227. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bearded elderly man in a long dark robe and tall black cylindrical hat sits on a wooden chair, reading a sheet of paper held in both hands. A second empty wooden chair with a woven seat stands to the right, and a rough whitewashed wall with a small window and patches of stone runs behind them. The pale ground is sunlit, and the chairs cast shadows across it.

English, as on the record

VILLAGE PRIEST. "Most of these priests were striking in appearance…. They looked good men, intellectual men, men who were capable of thought and work…. Quiet men who do their duty according to their lights and opportunities." H. Rider Haggard-1900 (A Winter Pilgrimage). C. H. Sturton Davies.

English, as on the record

VILLAGE PRIEST. "Most of these priests were striking in appearance…. They looked good men, intellectual men, men who were capable of thought and work…. Quiet men who do their duty according to their lights and opportunities." H. Rider Haggard-1900 (A Winter Pilgrimage). C. H. Sturton Davies.