9432

Fragment of stonework, 2 of 2, purported relic from the Temple of Solomon, probably Middle East, 3rd century.

Middle East

QUAS TEMPLI HIEROSOLYMITANI / RELIQUIAS IACOBUS FERGUSSON / VIR PERITISSIMUS IACOBO / PENNETHORNE EQUITI OLIM / DEDERAT HUIUSCE FILIA / ANNA S. LIDDON IN HAC / ECCL. CATH. D. PAULI APOST- /CONSERVANDAS ESSE VOLUIT / A.S. MDCCCLXXXIV