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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.accessioned2016-12-06T03:00:38Z-
dc.date.available2016-12-06T03:00:38Z-
dc.date.issued1910en_IE
dc.identifier.otherwm_067_Tiberias.jpg
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11794-
dc.descriptionSlide : one of a collection of lantern slides shown at Clondalkin branch library c 1910. Description given in booklet: Tiberias may be said to owe its existence to Herod Antipas, who naming it after his patron, the Emperor Tiberius, made it his capital and residence, and spared no trouble or expense to make it the ‘Athens of the East.’ Amphitheatres, baths, temples were constructed on a grand scale, and in a short time it became the centre of a rich and populous district. It became a noted health resort because of the extensive hot springs adjacent. Numerous ships and boats sailed upon the adjoining sea of Galilee, and made it their harbour. But, alas, war, pestilence, earthquakes and time, have all contributed to the ruin. Of all the former bustle and life, there only remains a comparably desolate waste, with Tiberias or Tabariza as its capital. The ruins of the old Jewish synagogue is still ised, but little else to interest the student remains. Relics of the past are found intermingled with the necessities of the present. Discs cut from the syenite columns of the old temple serve as millstones to grind barley; fine old porphyry columns are thrown on the ground and hollowed out for public horse troughs; threshing floors are paved with bits of frieze chiselled after Grecian designs, perhaps paid for by Herod. After the Roman persecution, along with Hebron and Jerusalem, Tiberias became one of the holy cities of the Jews, and Jewish pilgrims still come to end their days here, attracted partly by this fact, and partly to try and preserve life a little longer by means of the hot springs which still flow. Their presence, however only adds to the filthiness and depression and general unattractiveness that hangs over the place nowadays.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.title67 – Tiberiasen_IE
dc.typeImageen_IE
dc.internal.visibility1en_IE
dc.coverage.latitude32.795858en_IE
dc.coverage.longitude35.530969en_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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