Basalt pavement, Kirkjubær (Síða). (4558214347)

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Basalt pavement, Kirkjubær (Síða). (4558214347)

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Collection: Icelandic and Faroese Photographs of Frederick W.W. Howell, Cornell University Library
Title: Basalt pavement, Kirkjubær (Síða).
Date: ca. 1900
Place: Kirkjubæjarklaustur (Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland)
Medium: collodion print
Repository: Fiske Icelandic Collection, Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Accession: 1923.3.53
Description: Basalt pavement, Kirkjubær (Síða). Said to have been used as monastery kitchen floor in Roman Catholic days.

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