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dc.contributorThomas Mason Opticianen_IE
dc.contributor.authorThomas Mason Opticianen_IE
dc.contributor.otherSouth Dublin Libraries Local Studiesen_IE
dc.coverage.spatialInternationalen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2016-11-25en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-02T03:00:21Z-
dc.date.available2016-12-02T03:00:21Z-
dc.date.issued1910en_IE
dc.identifier.otherwm_037_Tomb of the Kings.jpg
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11761-
dc.descriptionSlide 37: one of a collection of lantern slides shown at Clondalkin branch library c 1910. Description given in booklet: The sepulchres around Jerusalem, many of which are well worth examining, exist in astonishing numbers, and are to be found almost everywhere, within and without the city. The best examples are those called the “Tombs of the Kings” and the ‘Tombs of the Judges.’ The former are about half-a-mile north of the Damascus Gate. A court is sunk in the solid rock about 90 feet square. On the west side of the rock is a sort of portico, originally ornamented with grapes, garlands and festoons, beautifully wrought on the cornice. A very low door in the south end of the portico opens into the ante-chamber, 19 feet square and 7 or 8 high. From this, three passages conduct into other rooms, all cut in the intensely hard rock. The entrances were originally closed with stone doors, wrought with panels and hung on stone hinges. Neither labour nor expense has been spared in the creation of these sepulchres, and their magnificence makes them not unworthy to have been the last earthly home of royalty. It has been much discussed to whom this great tomb, or collection of tombs, belongs. It was a tomb fit for kings, princely wealth only could have reared it, and doubtless only royal or princely personages were laid in it.en_IE
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
dc.publisherThomas Mason Optician, 5-6 Dame St Dublin.en_IE
dc.relationHoly Land Collectionen_IE
dc.rightsIf you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie.en_IE
dc.sourceglass slideen_IE
dc.subjectClondalkin Branch Libraryen_IE
dc.subjectlantern slideen_IE
dc.subjectHoly Landen_IE
dc.title37 – Tomb of the Kingsen_IE
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dc.coverage.latitude31.788487en_IE
dc.coverage.longitude35.229147en_IE
dc.rights.allowmp3downloadYesen_IE
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The Holy Land: a reading; a description of a series of lantern slides

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