Title in Arabic or Hebrew
- الاسكندرية
Introduction
- The sub-sub-sub-series contains numerous documents relating to the history of Alexandria. In particular, Kahle was interested in the lighthouse of Alexandria, represented in some Shadow Plays, which was badly damaged in the earthquake of 956, then again in 1303 and 1323. Kahle dealt with the subject both in his studies on the Shadow theatre, such as “Der Leuchtturm von Alexandria. Ein Schattenspiel aus dem mittelalterlichen Aegypten” (1928) and «Der Leuchtturm von Alexandria. Ein arabisches Schattenspiel aus dem mittelalterlichen Agypten» (Stuttgart 1930), and in two articles on the lighthouse, “Zur Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Alexandria” (1922) and “Die Katastrophe des mittelalterlichen Alexandria” (1935). For all of these studies, Kahle used both historical sources and geographical sources, gathering many references, notes, excerpts and transcripts of texts, all preserved in the archive.