Sinasos (modern Mustafapaşa): Valley of Saint Nicolas

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 02/1/5153.8141
Level Item
Description Small print photograph pasted onto an index card, originally part of the SPHS image library catalogue.
Dimensions 16.5 x 11 cm (index card)
Place Saint Nicolas Valley
Cappadocia
Dates 1909-1911
Donor/Creator Dawkins, Mr Richard McGillivray
Project Greek Dialects in Asia Minor 1909-1914
Scope and Content Part of a collection of images from Dawkins' travel to Cappadocia and Pharasa between 1909 and 1911. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sinasos: valley of S. Nicolas".
Notes Date based on Dawkins' travel to Cappadocia to study Greek dialects between 1909 and 1911. In the introduction of his 1916 book A Modern Greek in Asia Minor ( p. 1), he mentions villages by the year he visited and plates at the end of the book are maps of the area. Written on the card: "Sinasos: Valley of S. Nicholas" Large label with a red "S" on the card denoting that a slide was made of this image.
Related records [BSA SPHS 01/4026.8141], Sinasos (modern Mustafapaşa): Valley of Saint Nicolas, 1909
Reference 1911 JHS 31: 7th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxx.SPHS 8141. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 21.SPHS 8141. Link to article