A WOODEN MODEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER IN RUSSIA AND CONRAD SCHICK

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This article discusses the fate of a scale model of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulcher) Church and parts of the old city of Jerusalem made in 1863 by Conrad Schick specifically for Russia, as well as another Schick’s visual aid of the early 1860s associated with the model.

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Kirill A. Vakh

Institute of Archaeology RAS; Institute of Russian Literature RAS

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Email: k_vach@mail.ru
Russia, Moscow; Russia, St. Petersburg

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