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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
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