Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture) (Volume 13)

Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination: it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the empty tomb acknowledged by Constantine as the tomb of Christ. Nearly four hundred years later, the Sepulchre's rotunda was rivalled by the octagon of the Dome of the Rock. The city itself and these two glorious buildings within it remain, to this day, the focus of pilgrimage and of intense devotion. Jerusalem and its numinous buildings have been distinctively re-imagined and re-presented in the design, topography, decoration and dedications of some very striking and beautiful churches and cities in Western Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Ethiopia. Some are famous, others are in the West almost unknown. The essays in this richly illustrated book combine to do justice to these evocative buildings' architecture, roles and history. The volume begins with an introduction to the Sepulchre itself, from its construction under Constantine to the Crusaders' rebuilding which survives to this day. Chapters follow on the Dome of the Rock and on the later depiction and signifcance of the Jewish Temple. The essays then move further afeld, uncovering the links between Jerusalem and Byzantium, the Caucasus, Russia and Ethiopia. Northern Europe comes fnally into focus, with chapters on Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, the role of the military orders in spreading the form of the Sepulchre, a gazetteer of English rounds, and studies of London's New Temple. Jerusalem - Earthly And Heavenly, Past, Present And Future - Has Always Informed The Christian Imagination: It Is The Intersection Of The Divine And Human Worlds, Of Time And Eternity. Since The Fourth Century, It Has Been The Site Of The Round Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, Built Over The Empty Tomb Acknowledged By Constantine As The Tomb Of Christ. Nearly Four Hundred Years Later, The Sepulchre's Rotunda Was Rivalled By The Octagon Of The Dome Of The Rock. The City Itself And These Two Glorious Buildings Within It Remain, To This Day, The Focus Of Pilgrimage And Of Intense Devotion. Jerusalem And Its Numinous Buildings Have Been Distinctively Re-imagined And Re-presented In The Design, Topography, Decoration And Dedications Of Some Very Striking And Beautiful Churches And Cities In Western Europe, Russia, The Caucasus And Ethiopia. Some Are Famous, Others Are In The West Almost Unknown. The Essays In This Richly Illustrated Book Combine To Do Justice To These Evocative Buildings' Architecture, Roles And History. Public, Private And Political Devotion : Re-presenting The Sepulchre / Robin Griffith-jones -- The Building Of The Holy Sepulchre / Robin Griffith-jones -- The Crusader Church Of The Holy Sepulchre / Denys Pringle -- The Crusader Church Of The Holy Sepulchre : Design, Depiction And The Pilgrim Church Of Compostela / Jaroslav Folda -- Medieval Muslim Veneration Of The Dome Of The Rock / Robert Hillenbrand -- The Temple As Symbol, The Temple As Metaphor : Contrasting Eastern And Western Reimaginings / Robert Ousterhout -- Spiral Columns And The Temple Of Solomon / Eric Fernie -- Raphael's 'marriage Of The Virgin' And The Temple At Jerusalem In The Italian Renaissance Imagination / David Ekserdjian -- 'i Have Defeated You, Solomon' / Robin Griffith-jones -- Saint James The Just : Sacral Topography In Jerusalem And Constantinople / Cecily Hennessy -- Jerusalems In The Caucasus? / Antony Eastmond -- Holy Russia And The 'jerusalem Idea' / Robin Milner-gulland -- Jerusalem And The Ethiopian Church : The Evidence Of Roha (lalibela) / David W: Phillipson -- The Origins And Meanings Of The Ethiopian Circular Church : Fresh Explorations / Emmanuel Fritsch -- Arculf's Circles, Aachen's Octagon, Germigny's Cube : Three Riddles From Northern Europe / Robin Griffith-jones -- Representations Of The Holy Sepulchre / Eric Fernie -- The Military Orders And The Idea Of The Holy Sepulchre / Alan Borg -- The English Round Church Movement Table And Notes : English Round Churches / Catherine E. Hundley -- The Use And Meaning Of The Twelfth- And Thirteenth-century Round Churches Of England / Michael Gervers -- Jerusalem In London : The New Temple Church Appendix : The Indulgences Of Cotton Nero E.vi / Nicole Hamonic -- Commemorating The Rotunda In The Round : The Medieval Latin Liturgy Of The Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem And Its Performance In The West / Sebastian Salvad�o -- The Temple Church In The Crusades / Robin Griffith-jones -- Appendix : The Knights' Effigies : Newly Discovered Drawings By John Guillim, C. 1610 / Robin Griffith-jones, Philip J. Lankester -- Epilogue / Robin Griffith-jones. Edited By Robin Griffith-jones And Eric Fernie. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Illustrations xi Preface xxv Contributors xxvi Abbreviations xxvii Editors’ Note xxx Introduction 1 Part I: Re-presenting Jerusalem 1. Public, Private and Political Devotion: Re-presenting the Sepulchre / Robin Griffith-Jones 17 Part II: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Introduction 51 2. The Building of the Holy Sepulchre / Robin Griffith-Jones 53 3. The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre / Denys Pringle 76 4. The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Design, Depiction and the Pilgrim Church of Compostela / Jaroslav Folda 95 Part III: The Noble Sanctuary / The Temple Mount Introduction 123 5. Medieval Muslim Veneration of the Dome of the Rock / Robert Hillenbrand 125 6. The Temple as Symbol, the Temple as Metaphor: Contrasting Eastern and Western Reimaginings / Robert Ousterhout 146 7. Spiral Columns and the Temple of Solomon / Eric Fernie 159 8. Raphael’s ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ and the Temple at Jerusalem in the Italian Renaissance Imagination / David Ekserdjian 164 Part IV: The Orthodox Churches Introduction 183 9. ‘I have defeated you, Solomon’ / Robin Griffith-Jones 187 10. Saint James the Just: Sacral Topography in Jerusalem and Constantinople / Cecily Hennessy 194 11. Jerusalems in the Caucasus? / Antony Eastmond 211 12. Holy Russia and the ‘Jerusalem Idea’ / Robin Milner-Gulland 233 13. Jerusalem and the Ethiopian Church: The Evidence of Roha (Lalibela) / David W. Phillipson 255 14. The Origins and Meanings of the Ethiopian Circular Church: Fresh Explorations / Emmanuel Fritsch 267 Part V: Round Churches in the West Introduction 297 15. Arculf ’s Circles, Aachen’s Octagon, Germigny’s Cube: Three Riddles from Northern Europe / Robin Griffith-Jones 301 16. Representations of the Holy Sepulchre / Eric Fernie 329 17. The Military Orders and the Idea of the Holy Sepulchre / Alan Borg 339 18. The English Round Church Movement. Table and Notes: English Round Churches / Catherine E. Hundley 352 19. The Use and Meaning of the Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Round Churches of England / Michael Gervers 376 20. Jerusalem in London: The New Temple Church. Appendix: The Indulgences of Cotton Nero E.VI / Nicole Hamonic 387 21. Commemorating the Rotunda in the Round: The Medieval Latin Liturgy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and its Performance in the West / Sebastian Salvadó 413 22. The Temple Church in the Crusades / Robin Griffith-Jones 429 Appendix: The Knights’ Effigies: Newly Discovered Drawings by John Guillim, c. 1610 / Robin Griffith-Jones and Philip J. Lankester 457 Epilogue / Robin Griffith-Jones 479 Index Essays exploring the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem on architecture worldwide.Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination: it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the empty tomb acknowledged by Constantine as the tomb of Christ. Nearly four hundred years later, the Sepulchre's rotunda was rivalled by the octagon of the Dome of the Rock. The city itself and these two glorious buildings within it remain, to this day, the focus of pilgrimage and of intense devotion. Jerusalem and its numinous buildings have been distinctively re-imagined and re-presented in the design, topography, decoration and dedications of some very striking and beautiful churches and cities in Western Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Ethiopia. Some are famous, others are in the West almost unknown. The essays Inthis richly illustrated book combine to do justice to these evocative buildings'architecture, roles and history. The volume begins with an introduction to the Sepulchre itself, from its construction under Constantine to theCrusaders'rebuilding which survives to this day. Chapters follow on the Dome of the Rock and on the later depiction and signifcance of the Jewish Temple. The essays then move further afeld, uncovering the links between Jerusalemand Byzantium, the Caucasus, Russia and Ethiopia. Northern Europe comes finally into focus, with chapters on Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, the role of the military orders in spreading the form of the Sepulchre, a gazetteer of English rounds, and studies of London's New Temple. ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES is Master of the Temple at the Temple Church in London and Senior Lecturer (Theology and Religious Studies) at King's College London. He co-edited The Temple Church in London with David Park (2010). ERIC FERNIE is Director Emeritus of The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Contributors: Alan Borg, Antony Eastmond, David Ekserdjian, Eric Fernie, Jaroslav Folda, Emmanuel Fritsch, Michael Gervers, Robin Griffith-Jones, Nicole Hamonic, Cecily Hennessy, Robert Hillenbrand, Catherine E. Hundley, Philip J. Lankester, Robin Milner-Gulland, Robert Ousterhout, David W. Phillipson, Denys Pringle, Sebastian Salvadó. Essays exploring the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem on architecture worldwide. Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the empty tomb acknowledged by Constantine as the tomb of Christ. Nearly four hundred years later, the Sepulchre's rotunda was rivalled by the octagon of the Dome of the Rock. The city itself and these two glorious buildings within it remain, to this day, the focus of pilgrimage and of intense devotion. Jerusalem and its numinous buildings have been distinctively re-imagined and re-presented in the design, topography, decoration and dedications of some very striking and beautiful churches and cities in Western Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Ethiopia. Some are famous, others are in the West almost unknown. The essays Inthis richly illustrated book combine to do justice to these evocative buildings' architecture, roles and history. The volume begins with an introduction to the Sepulchre itself, from its construction under Constantine to theCrusaders' rebuilding which survives to this day. Chapters follow on the Dome of the Rock and on the later depiction and signifcance of the Jewish Temple. The essays then move further afeld, uncovering the links between Jerusalemand Byzantium, the Caucasus, Russia and Ethiopia. Northern Europe comes finally into focus, with chapters on Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, the role of the military orders in spreading the form of the Sepulchre, a gazetteer of English rounds, and studies of London's New Temple. ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES is Master of the Temple at the Temple Church in London and Senior Lecturer (Theology and Religious Studies) at King's College London. He co-edited The Temple Church in London with David Park (2010). ERIC FERNIE is Director Emeritus of The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Alan Borg, Antony Eastmond, David Ekserdjian, Eric Fernie, Jaroslav Folda, Emmanuel Fritsch, Michael Gervers, Robin Griffith-Jones, Nicole Hamonic, Cecily Hennessy, Robert Hillenbrand, Catherine E. Hundley, Philip J. Lankester, Robin Milner-Gulland, Robert Ousterhout, David W. Phillipson, Denys Pringle, Sebastian Salvad.