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Four gates face the cardinal points of the compass , with inscriptions on the lintels
dating from the year 830 . When the building is entered — and Christians have
been at liberty to enter it since the Crimean War : a privilege not accorded to ...
Four gates face the cardinal points of the compass , with inscriptions on the lintels
dating from the year 830 . When the building is entered — and Christians have
been at liberty to enter it since the Crimean War : a privilege not accorded to ...
Page 4
... and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date .
Anund the walls are thirty - four towers , and in the walls are seven gates , five
open and two closed — the former are the Jaffa CITIES OF THE WORLD . (
Jerusalem.
... and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date .
Anund the walls are thirty - four towers , and in the walls are seven gates , five
open and two closed — the former are the Jaffa CITIES OF THE WORLD . (
Jerusalem.
Page 10
In this little chapel , only sixteen feet long by ten wide , 1o3qg tin mua , te of which
belong to the Greeks , five to the Latins , four to the Armenians , * U ! 23 . . A low
doorway leads into the second chamber , the Holy Sepulchre . je i vy blinia ...
In this little chapel , only sixteen feet long by ten wide , 1o3qg tin mua , te of which
belong to the Greeks , five to the Latins , four to the Armenians , * U ! 23 . . A low
doorway leads into the second chamber , the Holy Sepulchre . je i vy blinia ...
Page 13
About four or five feet from this spot is the Rent in the Rock said to have been
made at the time of the Crucifixion , and reaching to the centre of the earth . The
rent is covered over with a brass slide and a grating , but when these are pushed
...
About four or five feet from this spot is the Rent in the Rock said to have been
made at the time of the Crucifixion , and reaching to the centre of the earth . The
rent is covered over with a brass slide and a grating , but when these are pushed
...
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One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches
long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated
spring of the arch known as Robinson ' s Arch , which connected the Temple with
...
One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches
long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated
spring of the arch known as Robinson ' s Arch , which connected the Temple with
...
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| Title | Cities of the world, Volume 3 Cities of the world, Edwin Hodder |
| Author | Edwin Hodder |
| Published | 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2006 |
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