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Page 92
... Sakhrah , or Sacred Rock of the Moslems , being the very Sepulchre itself . Now the main argument adduced in support of this new and startling theory , is the architecture of the Dome of the Rock , which , it is said , can only belong ...
... Sakhrah , or Sacred Rock of the Moslems , being the very Sepulchre itself . Now the main argument adduced in support of this new and startling theory , is the architecture of the Dome of the Rock , which , it is said , can only belong ...
Page 95
... Sakhrah neither does nor ever did ; and it was dressed up with columns and other adornments , ( according to the received custom of the Romans ) , which could not have been applied to the rough unshapen rock in the Mosk of Omar , sunk ...
... Sakhrah neither does nor ever did ; and it was dressed up with columns and other adornments , ( according to the received custom of the Romans ) , which could not have been applied to the rough unshapen rock in the Mosk of Omar , sunk ...
Page 98
... Sakhrah . The position he describes , as " not within the ancient walls , but within the outer wall which was afterwards added3 ; " -as I have endeavoured to shew was the case with the present site , but certainly not with the ...
... Sakhrah . The position he describes , as " not within the ancient walls , but within the outer wall which was afterwards added3 ; " -as I have endeavoured to shew was the case with the present site , but certainly not with the ...
Page 196
... Sakhrah under the dome of the Mosk of Omar , which Mr Fergusson supposes to have been the true Sepulchre , has no resemblance to any sepulchral chamber , either in Jeru- salem or elsewhere . It is in form an irregular trapezium , the ...
... Sakhrah under the dome of the Mosk of Omar , which Mr Fergusson supposes to have been the true Sepulchre , has no resemblance to any sepulchral chamber , either in Jeru- salem or elsewhere . It is in form an irregular trapezium , the ...
Page 197
... Sakhrah cave having been intended for a sepulchre , or in demonstrating the absurdity of supposing the so - called Holy Sepulchre to be other than an artificial construction . His opinions concerning the architecture of the Mosk of Omar ...
... Sakhrah cave having been intended for a sepulchre , or in demonstrating the absurdity of supposing the so - called Holy Sepulchre to be other than an artificial construction . His opinions concerning the architecture of the Mosk of Omar ...
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Acra altar ancient angle Antonia appears apse aqueduct arches architecture Arculfus Author Basilica Bethphage Bezetha Bishop building Calvary cave century chamber Chapel chre Christian Church cloister columns Constantine Copts Cross Crown 8vo Crusaders cubits Damascus Gate described Dome door Dr Robinson East eastern Ecclesia Edition El-Aksa entrance erected Eusebius feet Fergusson Golgotha Greek ground Hadrian Haram Helena History Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Kings loculus Lord marble Mejr-ed-din mentioned monument Mosk Moslems Mount Sion North notice Ophel passage Patriarch pilgrims Pool Pool of Siloam Post 8vo present probably quĉ Quaresmius remarkable rock Rotunda ruins sacred Sakhrah says second wall shew shewn side Siloam South stone Street supposed Temple Theol tion tomb tower tradition triforium Tyropœon valley vaults West western William of Tyre Woodcuts writers δὲ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ
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