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Holy Sepulchers in Europe and the First Crusade -- The Threat of Islamic Desecration -- The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulcher -- Triumphal Re-creations of the Holy Sepulcher after 1099 -- Decorated Holy Sepulcher Chapels of the Twelfth Century -- Pilgrimage accounts in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem -- 6 The Restoration of the Temple of Solomon -- The Golden Gate and Crusader Triumph -- Imaginative Histories of the Dome of the Rock -- The Dome of the Rock as the Temple of Solomon -- The Dome of the Rock in Pilgrimage Accounts -- The Physical Transformation of the Dome of the Rock -- Mary as the Templum Domini -- The Templars and Solomon's Portico -- Architectural Symbolism of Templar Seals -- Templar Churches -- 7 Re-creating the City of Jerusalem -- Crusader Maps of Jerusalem -- Topographic Realism in Pictorial Depictions of Biblical Events -- Siena as the New Jerusalem -- Pisa's Golden Gate and Holy Sepulchers -- St. Stephen's in Bologna -- Holy Blood in Mantua -- Holy Blood in Venice -- 8 True Portraits / True Jerusalems -- The Holy Face of Lucca -- The Holy Face in Paris -- Sainte-Chapelle -- The True Portrait of Christ in Rome -- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Rebuilt -- The Capitoline as Temple Mount -- San Clemente and Santa Prassede -- Santa Maria Maggiore as an Acheiropoietal Building -- The Veronica and St. Peter's -- Rome and Jerusalem in the Itinerary of Matthew Paris -- Conclusion -- Part III The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land -- 9 Formation of the Franciscan Custody -- Heresy and the Mendicant Response -- The Crucifix of Nicodemus in Beirut -- Fidentius of Padua -- The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land -- 10 Assisi as a New Jerusalem -- St. Francis as Alter Christus -- Assisi as an Alternate Jerusalem -- Proxy Pilgrimage at Assisi -- The Porziuncula and the Tomb of Mary -- 11 Franciscan Books on the Holy Land Pilgrimage