Essays exploring the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem
on architecture worldwide. Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past,
present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination:
it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and
eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the
round Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the empty tomb
acknowledged by Constantine as the tomb of Christ. Nearly four
hundred years later, the Sepulchre's rotunda was rivalled by the
octagon of the Dome of the Rock. The city itself and these two
glorious buildings within it remain, to this day, the focus of
pilgrimage and of intense devotion. Jerusalem and its numinous
buildings have been distinctively re-imagined and re-presented in
the design, topography, decoration and dedications of some very
striking and beautiful churches and cities in Western Europe,
Russia, the Caucasus and Ethiopia. Some are famous, others are in
the West almost unknown. The essays Inthis richly illustrated book
combine to do justice to these evocative buildings' architecture,
roles and history. The volume begins with an introduction to the
Sepulchre itself, from its construction under Constantine to
theCrusaders' rebuilding which survives to this day. Chapters
follow on the Dome of the Rock and on the later depiction and
signifcance of the Jewish Temple. The essays then move further
afeld, uncovering the links between Jerusalemand Byzantium, the
Caucasus, Russia and Ethiopia. Northern Europe comes finally into
focus, with chapters on Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, the role of
the military orders in spreading the form of the Sepulchre, a
gazetteer of English rounds, and studies of London's New Temple.
ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES is Master of the Temple at the Temple Church
in London and Senior Lecturer (Theology and Religious Studies) at
King's College London. He co-edited The Temple Church in London
with David Park (2010). ERIC FERNIE is Director Emeritus of The
Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Contributors: Alan Borg, Antony
Eastmond, David Ekserdjian, Eric Fernie, Jaroslav Folda, Emmanuel
Fritsch, Michael Gervers, Robin Griffith-Jones, Nicole Hamonic,
Cecily Hennessy, Robert Hillenbrand, Catherine E. Hundley, Philip
J. Lankester, Robin Milner-Gulland, Robert Ousterhout, David W.
Phillipson, Denys Pringle, Sebastian Salvado.
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