Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places
Name of text: | Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places |
Author of text: | Theoderich |
Date of text: | c. 1172 |
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Name of structure in text: | Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary Chapel |
Type of structure in text: | chapel |
Date of structure in text | AD 4th/7th/11th/12th C |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
Country in text: | Israel |
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City in text: | Jerusalem |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Ceiling of the vault - difficult to see as location very dark |
Description of mosaic in text: | Prophets, David, Solomon, Isiah et al, holding texts. |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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Bibliography: | Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places, trans. by Aubrey Stewart (London: Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1891), ch. 12, p. 19. |
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