Art, Symbol & Imagination
Over the Hot Sands to Mecca
Camels and travellers cross a broad desert landscape beneath pyramids and palms. The original caption names Over the Hot Sands to Mecca, introducing the book’s fraternal use of an imagined eastern pilgrimage.
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Illustrator not identified. "Over the Hot Sands to Mecca" [editorial title]. In The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine, Raymond Sidney Tompkins; edited by Whitney W. Jones. Boumi Temple jubilee volume; copyright 1934, undated edition, Boumi Temple. Source scan leaf 2. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0001
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical image from an American fraternal organisation’s commemorative volume. Its theatrical desert imagery reflects the organisation’s period visual language.
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The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic ShrineRaymond Sidney Tompkins; edited by Whitney W. JonesUndated editionMore from this book
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Illustrator not identified. Over the Hot Sands to Mecca. The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 2. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0001