The Tomb of Christ

Overview

The Tomb of Christ stands in the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, strapped together by steel girders put there by the British in 1947 to prevent it from collapsing. In 1986 Martin Biddle undertook the recording of the tomb before urgently-needed restoration. This book uses the results of that investigation to make an exploration of the site, its appearance, and the destructions and rebuildings of the tomb throughout its 2000-year history. Throughout its history, the tomb has been drawn, painted, engraved, photographed, shown in mosaics, modelled in wood, stone, glass and precious metals and copied full-size in churches throughout Europe. This study brings together this evidence and the archaeological recording in three dimensions, including photogrammetric survey to reveal the form and appearance of the tobm through its successive changes.

Details

Publisher

Sutton

Published

1999

Pages

172

Language

EN

Categories

Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, History / General, Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Religion / Christianity / History, Religion / Antiquities & Archaeology, Social Science / Archaeology, Travel / Middle East / Israel

ISBN-13

9780750919265