Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places
| Name of text: | Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places |
| Author of text: | Theoderich |
| Date of text: | c. 1172 |
| Date of person in text: | |
| Name of structure in text: | Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Rotunda |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | AD 4th/7th/11th/12th C |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Country in text: | Israel |
| Region in text: | |
| City in text: | Jerusalem |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Walls, arch of the sanctuary |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Boy Jesus, Virgin, archangel Gabriel, 12 Apostles, Emperor Constantine, Empress Helena, archangel Michael, 13 prophets, inscriptions. |
| Mosaic date in text: | |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
| Colour descriptions in text: | glowing glittering |
| Bibliography: | Theoderich’s Description of the Holy Places, trans. by Aubrey Stewart (London: Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1891), ch. 5, pp. 11-12. |
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