John Poloner's Description of the Holy Land
Name of text: | John Poloner's Description of the Holy Land |
Author of text: | John Poloner |
Date of text: | c. 1421 |
Date of person in text: | fifteenth century |
Name of structure in text: | Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary Chapel |
Type of structure in text: | |
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: | Mount Calvary |
Description of mosaic in text: | … But some say that it was on Mount Calvary, whereon I, John Poloner, was the last to see the story of the sacrifice set forth in mosaic work in the place where Christ was offered up. |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
Colour descriptions in text: | |
Bibliography: | John Poloner, John Poloner’s Description of the Holy Land, trans. by Aubrey Stewart (London: Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1894), p. 38 |
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