 | John Thomas Smith - City dwellers - 1849 - 472 pages
...building erected for the Knights Templars. It was founded so early as the reign of Henry II., upon the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and consecrated in 1185, by Heraclius, the patriarch of that see. The patriarch was at that time on a visit... | |
 | George Measom - 1859 - 592 pages
...Church is a. perfect specimen of enriched Norman. It is said to have been built by the Knights Templars, after the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and is highly interesting. There are various useful educational institutions of antiquity in the town, endowed... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - Literary landmarks - 1861 - 470 pages
...building erected for the Kjiights Templars. It was founded so early as the reign of Henry II., upon the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and consecrated in 1185, by Heraclius, the patriarch of that see. The patriarch was at that time on a visit... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - Holy Roman Empire - 1871 - 460 pages
...heroes all should have been foreigners, and two foreign conquerors. a This basilica was built upon the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and as it was the first church of any size that had been erected in those regions for centuries past, it... | |
 | 1877 - 590 pages
...existing in England — the other three being at Cambridge, Northampton, and Maplestead, in Essex. It was built by the Knights Templar, after the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and dedicated AD 1185. The architecture is partly Norman and partly Gothic, the round church (fifty-seven... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1891 - 194 pages
...Orthodoxus Imperator" (Bryce : " Holy Roman Empire.") Mr. Bryce adds : "This basilica was built upon the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and as it was the first church of any size that had been erected in those regions for centuries past, it... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - Holy Roman Empire - 1899 - 520 pages
...heroes all should have been foreigners, and two foreign conquerors. a This basilica was built upon the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and as it was the first church of any size that had been erected in those regions for centuries past, it... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1904 - 1002 pages
...Giles', dating from the I2th century; St. Sepulchre's, also of the I2th century, a round church on the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem; and the Romnn Catholic cathedral. The staple manufacture is boots and shoes for home and export trade,... | |
 | 1869 - 506 pages
...churches in Northampton : that of St. Sepulchre is believed to have been built by the knights templars, after the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and is one of the only four buildings of the kind remaining in the kingdom. It is circular (partially), and has a cupola... | |
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This basilica was built upon the model of the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and as it was the first church of any size that had been erected in those regions for centuries past, it excited extraordinary interest among the Franks and Gauls.... 