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Object type
Models
Date
Production: 17th century - 18th century
Subject(s)
Bearers of the Cross
Pilgrimage
Religion and Devotion
Inscriptions

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ORIENS


MERIDIEES


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The Gift of Lieut. R.C. Luxmoore 1944. No.3

Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 490 x 560 x 350mm
Materials and technique
Wood, inlaid with ebony, mother of pearl and ivory
Production place
Bethlehem
Palestine
Related place(s)
Jerusalem
References
Piccirillo, Michele. La Nuova Gerusalemme: Artigianato Palestinese al Servizio dei Luoghi Santi. Edizioni Custodia di Terra Santa, 2007.

Weetch, Rosie. "Models of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre." YouTube video, 00.02.54. Posted by @museumoftheorderofstjohn3763 April 14, 2016. Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3KY0CU3vzk
Provenance
The model had been a part of the Portland Museum collection, amassed by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland in the 18th century.

The model was sold in April 1786 and purchased by a relative of Richard Luxmore.

Richard Luxmore gifted the model to the Museum in 1944.
Exhibition history
Holy City, Holy War: Devotion to the Sacred in Crusader Jerusalem, Museum of the Order of St John, 2 September 2017-22 December 2017
Credit line
Gift of Richard Luxmore, 1944
Catalogue number
3035
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