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Crowd kneeling and praying during the solar phenomenon, 13 October 1917

13 Oct 1917Photograph: Judah Bento Ruah (credited “Clichés Benoliel”)Cova da IriaDCF III-1, Doc. 64

AI versions are interpretive reconstructions made from the archive print; fine detail (especially faces) and all colours are the model's guess, so check them against the original. Click an image to zoom.

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People kneeling and praying at the Cova da Iria at the moment of the solar phenomenon. Glass negative in the Sanctuary archive; published in ABC (Madrid), 19 October 1917, and in Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917. Printed in Ilustração Portuguesa no. 610 as three separate crops, under the caption “Various aspects of the people kneeling and praying at the moment the sun was uncovered…”.

Vários aspectos do povo ajoelhado e orando no momento de descobrir o sol e de se dar o fenómeno que tanto impressionou a multidão

Source: DCF III-1, Doc. 64, PDF page 88.

Archive print: Santuário de Fátima glass negative D0000115; scan via fatima.pt (source). The AI versions were made from this copy.

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