The Places of Pilgrimage
| Name of text: | The Places of Pilgrimage |
| Author of text: | 'Ali of Herat |
| Date of text: | c. 1173 |
| Date of person in text: | d. 1215 |
| Name of structure in text: | Church in Bait Lahm |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | c. AD 330 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Country in text: | Palestine |
| Region in text: | West Bank |
| City in text: | Between Bethlehem and Jerusalem |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | church |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem is the tomb of Rahil (Rachel), mother of Joseph. Bait Lahm is the name of the village where Jesus was born. There are here the tombs of David and Solomon – peace be with them both! There is also a church most wonderfully built with marble, and gold mosaics, and columns. The date of its building is more than 1200 years ago […] Translator notes that the basilica was build by Constantine c. 330 AD. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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| Bibliography: | Le Strange, Guy, trans., Palestine under the Moslems (London: Alexander P. Watt, 1890), A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from AD 650 to 1500, translated from the works of the Mediaeval Arab Geographers, p. 299 |
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| Comments: | Le Strange notes that this basilica was built by Constantine c. AD 330. |