Description of the Holy Land
| Name of text: | Description of the Holy Land |
| Author of text: | John of Wurzburg |
| Date of text: | 1160-70 |
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| Name of structure in text: | Church of the Nativity |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | 339, 530s, 1165-9 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Country in text: | Israel |
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| City in text: | Bethlehem |
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| Description of mosaic in text: | In the place of our Lord’s nativity may be read these two verses inscribed in gilded mosaic work: Of angels’ virtues chief beyond compare, A Virgin here the very God did bear. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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| Bibliography: | John of Wurzburg, Description of the Holy Land, trans. by Aubrey Stewart (London: Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1890), ch. 19, p. 54. |
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