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... rock , merely cut into shape , and faced with solid masonry ; and a section through the rampart , just North of the Tower of David , shews a basement of rock forty - two feet high , surmounted by a rampart of fifteen feet , in- cluding ...
... rock , merely cut into shape , and faced with solid masonry ; and a section through the rampart , just North of the Tower of David , shews a basement of rock forty - two feet high , surmounted by a rampart of fifteen feet , in- cluding ...
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... rock is so entirely incrusted within and without with marble as to be wholly invisible ; and thus the ap- pearance of the Sepulchre itself furnishes another objection to its identity with the place of our Lord's sepulture : nor shall I ...
... rock is so entirely incrusted within and without with marble as to be wholly invisible ; and thus the ap- pearance of the Sepulchre itself furnishes another objection to its identity with the place of our Lord's sepulture : nor shall I ...
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... rock grave on the spot now shewn , but am prepared to maintain , even against the incre- dulous monks , that the rock still exists beneath the Juvenal with reference to the fountain of Ægeria : Quanto præstantius esset Numen aquæ , & c ...
... rock grave on the spot now shewn , but am prepared to maintain , even against the incre- dulous monks , that the rock still exists beneath the Juvenal with reference to the fountain of Ægeria : Quanto præstantius esset Numen aquæ , & c ...
Page 77
... rock , and only large enough to admit the body . The tomb was designed by Joseph for his own burial , so that it had but one receptacle , as is the case with many other rock graves in the vicinity of the city ; and as it had Mark xvi ...
... rock , and only large enough to admit the body . The tomb was designed by Joseph for his own burial , so that it had but one receptacle , as is the case with many other rock graves in the vicinity of the city ; and as it had Mark xvi ...
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... rock ' , called the tombs of Jos and Nicodemus ; which certainly bear the marks antiquity , and serve further to prove that sepulc excavations existed here in ancient times . The Greeks believe that the Holy Sepulchre formerly a rock ...
... rock ' , called the tombs of Jos and Nicodemus ; which certainly bear the marks antiquity , and serve further to prove that sepulc excavations existed here in ancient times . The Greeks believe that the Holy Sepulchre formerly a rock ...
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Acra Acta Sanctorum aisle altar ancient angle appears apse architectural Arculfus Basilica Bernardino Bezetha body buildings Calvary cave chamber choir chre Christians cloister columns Constantine court Cross Crucifixion Crusaders cubits cupola Damascus Gate described dome Domini door Dr Robinson East eastern Ecclesia edicula Emperor entrance erected Eusebius excavated existence feet Fergusson floor gate Golgotha Greek Haram hewn Holy Sepulchre inches Jerusalem Jewish Josephus loculus Lord Lord's marble mentioned monument Mosk Mount Sion North occupied original ornamented outer passage pavement piers pilgrims Plate pointed arches porch present probably quæ Quaresmius recess rock rocky roof Rotunda Round Church sacred Sakhrah Sawulf says second wall Sepul sepulchrum shew shewn side South southern spot square St Helena stone Street supposed Temple tion tomb tower tradition transept triforium valley vaults West western William of Tyre writers δὲ καὶ τὸ τοῦ
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