The Holy City: Historical, Topographical, and Antiquarian Notices of Jerusalem, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 119
... apse towards the East . It is the finest church in Jerusalem , excepting only that of St James , attached to the Armenian convent on Mount Sion . It was erected by a Russian architect , in the year 1809 , after the fire , and is of ...
... apse towards the East . It is the finest church in Jerusalem , excepting only that of St James , attached to the Armenian convent on Mount Sion . It was erected by a Russian architect , in the year 1809 , after the fire , and is of ...
Page 138
... apse . An aisle runs round the circular nave , on three of its sides . Also there is an aisle at the end of each transept , and on the East and West sides of each transept ; and an aisle passes round the apse , and has chapels radiating ...
... apse . An aisle runs round the circular nave , on three of its sides . Also there is an aisle at the end of each transept , and on the East and West sides of each transept ; and an aisle passes round the apse , and has chapels radiating ...
Page 164
... apse to the West . The parallelogram was vaulted with a groined vault , the apex of which was only ten feet from the floor , and the apse was still lower . The Eastern door was eight feet five inches to the crown of its pointed arch ...
... apse to the West . The parallelogram was vaulted with a groined vault , the apex of which was only ten feet from the floor , and the apse was still lower . The Eastern door was eight feet five inches to the crown of its pointed arch ...
Page 165
... apse of the old one was certainly no part of the rock ; for the present chamber completely encroaches upon that apse , and it is not likely that the rock itself would have been med- dled with by the modern architect , if he had found ...
... apse of the old one was certainly no part of the rock ; for the present chamber completely encroaches upon that apse , and it is not likely that the rock itself would have been med- dled with by the modern architect , if he had found ...
Page 170
... altar was cracked in 1808 ; Quares- mius has told us it was marked or cracked even in his time to deceive the Turks . See above , p . 167 . The apse , which appears in its Eastern side , 170 [ PART II . CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE .
... altar was cracked in 1808 ; Quares- mius has told us it was marked or cracked even in his time to deceive the Turks . See above , p . 167 . The apse , which appears in its Eastern side , 170 [ PART II . CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 615 - Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, classified and arranged so as to facilitate the Expression of Ideas, and assist in Literary Composition. By PM ROGET, | MD 18th Edition, crown 8vo.
Page 619 - Encyclopaedia of Plants; comprising the Specific Character, Description, Culture, History, &c. of all the Plants found in Great Britain. With upwards of 12,000 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Page 615 - A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, DD Dean of Rochester.
Page 442 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day.
Page 40 - And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun...
Page 464 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?