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Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

A handwritten note in a museum file identifies A.S. Jones as an antiques dealer who brought the model to the Museum in a basket in many pieces. The Museum’s curator, Henry Walter Fincham, declined to purchase it as the Museum already had an example and this one was in poor condition. Jones decided to gift the item. It was pieced back together by Fincham and a colleague.

This object is on display

Object type

Models

Date

Production: 17th century - 18th century

Subject(s)

Bearers of the Cross
Pilgrimage
Religion and Devotion

Inscriptions

OCCIDENS (west)

ORIENS (east)

MERIDIES (south)

SEPTEMTRIO (north)

IHS

inside: Accede pia devotione et humillnna Rever[?] / tia ad Sacrum Sepulchrum quod nemo sme S[?] / cro horrore et intensissmo cordis angore co[?] / tueri sustinet ; Consecra tu pectus tuum,ardem[?] / amore fervens , Servatori in Receptaculum / et Requiem , devove illi cor et ingemman- / do suspira : Domme IESU vive tu in / me , ut ego in Te moriar et vivam in æternum / 1. Sacillum antirius S. Sepulchri . 2 . Saxum , in quo An / gelue sedit & Introitus S . Sepulchri . 4. Sacelhim Mo,, / numenti S . & S . Sepulchrum . 6 . Sacell Christ Ægyptioru
(Approach with pious devotion and humble reverence the sacred Sepulchre, which no one can bear to behold without dread and the most intensely anguished heart. Dedicate your heart, burning with ardent love, to the Saviour in his place of rest, devote your heart to him and it will be redoubled, say: Lord Jesus you live in me, and I in you to die and live forever.)

Dimensions

Height x width x depth: 350 x 500 x 550mm

Materials and technique

Rosewood and softwood, inlaid with mother of pearl, bone and ivory

Production place

Bethlehem
Jerusalem

Related place(s)

Jerusalem
Bethlehem

References

Piccirillo, Michele. La Nuova Gerusalemme: Artigianato Palestinese al Servizio dei Luoghi Santi. Edizioni Custodia di Terra Santa, 2007.

Foakes, Tom, ed. Treasures: Faith, Care, Valour: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of the Order of St John. Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 2019.
Pages 74 - 75

Credit line

Gift of A.S. Jones, 1937

Catalogue number

3034