Editing Church of the Holy Sepulchre (section)

===Ottoman period===
There was certainly a recognisable [[Nestorian]] ([[Church of the East]]) presence at the Holy Sepulchre from the years 1348 through 1575, as contemporary [[Franciscan]] accounts indicate.{{sfn|Luke|1924|p=46–56}} The [[Franciscan]] friars renovated the church in 1555, as it had been neglected despite increased numbers of pilgrims. The Franciscans rebuilt the [[#Aedicule|Aedicule]], extending the structure to create an antechamber.<ref name="Murphy56"/> A marble shrine commissioned by Friar [[Boniface of Ragusa]] was placed to envelop the remains of Christ's tomb,{{sfn|DK|2016|p=99}} probably to prevent pilgrims from touching the original rock or taking small pieces as souvenirs.<ref name=natgeo/> A marble slab was placed over the limestone burial bed where Jesus's body is believed to have lain.{{sfn|DK|2016|p=99}}

[[File:Icon of Renovation of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eastern Orthodox]] icon (c.&nbsp;1600) commemorating a church renovation]]

After the renovation of 1555, control of the church oscillated between the Franciscans and the Orthodox, depending on which community could obtain a favourable ''[[firman (decree)|firman]]'' from the "[[Sublime Porte]]" at a particular time, often through outright bribery. Violent clashes were not uncommon. There was no agreement about this question, although it was discussed at the negotiations to the [[Treaty of Karlowitz]] in 1699.<ref name="Mailáth">{{cite book| title=Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, Geschichte des östreichischen Kaiserstaates| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0MJAAAAQAAJ| first=János Nepomuk Jozsef| last=Mailáth| volume=4| page=262| publisher=F. Perthes| location=Hamburg| year=1848| trans-title=History of the European states, history of Austrian Imperial State| access-date=14 September 2020| archive-date=8 November 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108060211/https://books.google.com/books?id=_0MJAAAAQAAJ| url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[Holy Week]] of 1757, Orthodox Christians reportedly took over some of the Franciscan-controlled church. This may have been the cause of the sultan's ''[[firman]]'' (decree) later developed into the [[Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)|Status Quo]].<ref>[https://preparadoresjc.com/joincultura/relacion/ Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, 1757] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306142745/https://preparadoresjc.com/joincultura/relacion/ |date=6 March 2021 }} (in Spanish).</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2021}}{{efn|name=ladder}}

A fire severely damaged [[:File:Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and adjacent structures in Jerusalem - Chrysanthus of Bursa - 1807.jpg|the structure]] again in 1808,{{sfn|DK|2016|p=99}} causing the dome of the rotunda to collapse and smashing the Aedicule's exterior decoration. The rotunda and the Aedicule's exterior were rebuilt in 1809–10 by architect Nikolaos Ch. Komnenos of [[Mytilene]] in the contemporary [[Ottoman architecture#Baroque period|Ottoman Baroque]] style.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cohen |first=Raymond |chapter=The Earthquake |title=Saving the Holy Sepulchre: How Rival Christians Came Together to Rescue Their Holiest Shrine |date=2008 |pages=1–12 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-518966-7 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189667.003.0001}}</ref> The interior of the antechamber, now known as the [[:commons:Category:Chapel of the Angel|Chapel of the Angel]],{{efn|One of the two chapels within the shrine, a pilaster incorporates a piece of the stone said to have been rolled away from the tomb; it functions as a Greek Orthodox altar.{{sfn|DK|2016|p=99}}}} was partly rebuilt to a square ground plan in place of the previously semicircular western end.

Another decree in 1853 from the sultan solidified the existing territorial division among the communities and solidified the Status Quo for arrangements to "remain in their present state", requiring consensus to make even minor changes.<ref name=cohen>{{cite journal |url=http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/sepulchre.shtml |title=The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: A Work in Progress |journal=The Bible and Interpretation |date=May 2009 |first=Raymond |last=Cohen |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428164642/http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/sepulchre.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn|name=ladder|The need for total agreement for even minor changes is exemplified in the '[[immovable ladder]]' under one of the church's windows; it has remained in the same position since at least 1757, aside from two occasions of temporary removal.<ref name=frozen/>}}

[[File:Grabeskirche Plan 1863.jpg|thumb|upright|Floorplan, illustrated by [[Conrad Schick]] (1863)]]

The dome was restored by Catholics, Greeks, and Turks in 1868, being made of iron ever since.<ref name=cruise>{{cite book |last1= Warren |first1= E.K. |last2= Hartshorn |first2= W.N. |last3= McCrillis |first3= A.B. |title= Glimpses of Bible Lands: The Cruise of the Eight Hundred to Jerusalem |year= 1905 |publisher= The Central Committee |location= Boston, Mass. |page= 174}}</ref>