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Page 139
... edicula , twenty - six feet in length , and eighteen in breadth , having its in- terior divided into two small apartments , the inner one of which is said to be the actual Sepulchral Chamber " hewn out of a rock , " in which the body of ...
... edicula , twenty - six feet in length , and eighteen in breadth , having its in- terior divided into two small apartments , the inner one of which is said to be the actual Sepulchral Chamber " hewn out of a rock , " in which the body of ...
Page 160
... edicula in the centre of the Rotunda , about twenty - six feet long and eighteen broad . As the diameter of the interior of the Rotunda is sixty - seven feet , the chapel stands quite free in the midst of it . The Eastern end is square ...
... edicula in the centre of the Rotunda , about twenty - six feet long and eighteen broad . As the diameter of the interior of the Rotunda is sixty - seven feet , the chapel stands quite free in the midst of it . The Eastern end is square ...
Page 160
... edicula in the centre of the Rotunda , about twenty - six feet long and eighteen broad . As the diameter of the interior of the Rotunda is sixty - seven feet , the chapel stands quite free in the midst of it . The Eastern end is square ...
... edicula in the centre of the Rotunda , about twenty - six feet long and eighteen broad . As the diameter of the interior of the Rotunda is sixty - seven feet , the chapel stands quite free in the midst of it . The Eastern end is square ...
Page 172
... edicula , and shaping it by paring down the surrounding rock , so as to leave it standing up in a manner that admitted of an archi- tectural casing . We are told that it was decorated with choice columns . From the form of the Western ...
... edicula , and shaping it by paring down the surrounding rock , so as to leave it standing up in a manner that admitted of an archi- tectural casing . We are told that it was decorated with choice columns . From the form of the Western ...
Page 246
... edicula having its entrance to the East , and hence it must be inferred that the court here described surrounded the cave of the Sepulchre , and that the cloisters were oppo- site the sides and back of the monument , but that the ...
... edicula having its entrance to the East , and hence it must be inferred that the court here described surrounded the cave of the Sepulchre , and that the cloisters were oppo- site the sides and back of the monument , but that the ...
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