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Description: Christian city from the south, schematic reconstruction

TitleChristian city from the south, schematic reconstruction

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

MaterialsCAD drawing

SubjectsJerusalem--buildings, structures, etc.Jerusalem--In ChristianityZion, Mount (Jerusalem)Temple Mount (Jerusalem)

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Chapter 1. The Formation of an Islamic City

Oleg Grabar

The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

By 600 C.E. the disputes among ecclesiastical authorities about the value and justification of developing Jerusalem as a Christian city were probably for the most part forgotten. But the arguments used by an opponent, the bishop of Caesarea Eusebius (260–336), a contemporary of Constantine’s...

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Oleg Grabar

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.21-51

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Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--Middle EastJerusalem--HistoryQubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)Jerusalem--In ChristianityMadaba mapJudaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)Temple Mount (Jerusalem)Masjid al-Aqṣá (Jerusalem)

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