JEEUSALEM EXPLOEED BEING a Desciiption of tijt lanttcnt anU iMotiti'ii Citj). : (JTamlm'bgE PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. JERUSALEM EXPLORED BEING ^ ©tiicttptton of ti)t iUnctcnt anU WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS CONSISTING OF VIEWS, GROUND PLANS. AND SECTIONS, BY EBMETE PIEROTTI, DOCTOR OF MATHEMATICS. AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER. CIVIL AND MILITARY, TO HIS EXCELLENCY SURRAYA PASHA OP JERUSALEM. TRANSLATED BY THOMAS GEORGE BONNEY, M.A.. F.GS. FELLOW OP ST JOHN'S COLLEGE. CAMBRIDGE. VOLUME n.—PLATES. LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, FLEET STREET. CAMBRIDGE : DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO. M.DCCC.LXIV. {Tli& right of Translation is reseri'ed.'\ — CONTENTS. PLATE I, PANORAilA OF JERUSALEM, SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLR’-ES, II. PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM. III. PLAN OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM. IV. FOUR SECTIONS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, SHEWING THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS IN COMPA- RISON WITH THE PRESENT LEVEL OF THE CITY. V. ANCIENT CITADEL OF THE JEBUSITES, AFTERW'ARDS THAT OF DAVID, THEN THAT OF THE PISANS. THE JAFFA GATE. VI. THE TOWERS PHAS/ELUS AND JLVRLYMNE. THE TOWER HIPPICUS IS CONCEALED BY PHAS^LUS. VII. GATE OF DAMASCUS. VIII. VIEWS OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH. IX. PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH. X. DETAILS OF ANCIENT MASONRY—OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT CONDUITS—OF THE POOLS OF THE WELL OF JOAB, AND OF SOLOMON’s RESERVOIRS AT ETH^Vil. XI. THE HARAM ES-SHERIF. XII. PLAN OF LAND BELONGING TO THE DAUGHTERS OF SION, AND OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE CO>DIUNICATINa WITH MORIAH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI—SECTIONS RELATING TO THIS LAND AND TO MOUNT MORIAH. XIII. VIEW OF THE ARCH OF THE ECCE-H03I0, WITH THE SMALLER ARCH TO THE NORTH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI. XIV. VIEW OF THE BARRACK OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF. XV. REMAINS OF ANCIENT lUSONRY, CALLED THE RUINS OF THE TOWER ANTONIA. XVI. ‘SHEW OF THE POOL OF BETHESDA. XVII. ANCIENT JEWISH WORK IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE HARAM WALL, NEAR S. MARY’s GATE. XVIIT. EASTERN VIEW OF THE GOLDEN GATE. XIX. WESTERN VIEW OF THE GOLDEN GATE. XX. VIEW OF THE SOUTH GATE OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF (BAB EL-HULDAH). XXI. WESTERN VIEW OF EL-AKSA, NELiR THE SOUTH-WESTERN ANGLE. CONTENTS. PLATE XXII. ^VAILIXG-PLACE OF THE JEWS. A PORTION OF THE ANCIENT WALL OF THE TEJrPLE ENCLOSURE. XXIII. FACADE OF THE MOSQUE EL-AKSA. XXIV. SECTION OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AK.SA, AND OF ITS SUBSTRUCTIONS. XXV. UNDERGROUND WORKS OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AKSA, THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS. XX\H. NORTH-E^VSTERN VIEW OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH, AND OF KUBBET ES-SILSILEH. XXVII. SECTION OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH—VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GOLDEN GATE. XXVIII. FOUR MOS.\JCS IN THE INTERIOR OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH, AND MOSQUE EL-AKSA. XXIX. DET.1ULS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS OF EL-AKSA; OF THE ORNAilENTATION OF THE GOLDEN GATE; AND OF THE SIX CAPITALS WHICH CROWN THE COLUMNS OF THE MOSQUES. XXX. PLAN AND SECTION OF L.\.ND SURROUNDING THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION AND THE HOSPITAL OF THE KNIGH’PS OF S. JOHN. XXXI. VIEW OF THE POOL Alkn’GDALON, AND OF THE DOMES OF THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. XXXII. FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. XXXIII. GATE OF THE ENTRANCE-DOOR TO 'THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. XXXIV. PLAN OF THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION WITH ITS LEVELS, AND SECTION OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE—PLAN AND SECTION OF THE TOMB IN ITS ANCIENT AND IN ITS PRESENT STATE. XXXV. INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION, VIZ. GREAT DOME, CALVARY GREEK CHAPEL, CHAPEL OF S. HELENA. XXXVI. DETAILS OF SEVEN CAPITAIiJ IN AND NEAR THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. XXXVH. ENTRANCE To THE HOSPITAL OF S. JOHN. xxxvni. RUINS OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARY THE GREAT. XXXIX. PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF S. JAMES, AND MOSAICS. XL. VIEW OF THE CHURCH OF S. ANN. PROPERTY OF FRANCE. XLI. PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE FRENCH CHURCH OF S. ANN. XLII. INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. ANN, AND FOUR DETAILS OF ORNAMENTATION. XLIII. nvo DOORS IN THE TEKHIYEH EL-KHASSEKI-SULTANE, COMilONLY CALLED THE HOSPITAL OF S. HELENA. XLIV. ANCIENT GATE OF SAR.CCENIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE DESCENT OF SILLA, AND A VIEW OF A FOUNTAIN IN THE TYROPCEON VALLEY. XLV. VIEW OF THE CIENACULUM, AND OF THE SO-CALLED TOMB OF DAVID. XLVI. PLAN AND SECTION OF THE CCENACULUM THE SO-CALI.ED TOMB OF DAVID AND ; ; OF THE UNDER- GROUND WORKS OF MOUNT SION. XLVII. PLAN AND SECTION OF THE TOMBS OF ACELD^UklA. XLVIII. SOUTH-EASTERN EXTREMITY OF THE VALLEY OF SILOAM. XLIX. VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. L. FRONT OF THE TOMB OF THE VIRGIN MARY. LI. PLANS .\ND SECTIONS OF THE TOMB OF THE VIRGIN MARY, AND OF THE CAVE OF THE AGONY. LII. MOUNT OF OLIVES AND THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. LIII. PLAN AND SECTION OF MOSQUE SITUATED ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND DETAILS OF FIVE CAPITALS. CONTENTS. PLATE LIV. PLAX AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE PROPHHTS SITUATED IN THE MOUNT OP OLIVES.— VIEW, PLAN, AND SECTION OF THE TOMB OF LAZARUS AT BETHANY. LV. VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS. LVI, PLAN AND SECTIONS OP THE TOMBS OP THE KINGS, AND OF OTHER TOSIES ; THAT OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND ONE LIKE THAT OF OUR LORD. LVII. ANCIENT JEmSH SYNAGOGUE IN THE VALLEY OP THE KIDEON, TOWARDS THE NORTH. LVIII. VIEW OP THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OP OTHER T05IBS TO THE NORTH OF JERUSALEM. LIX. PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OF THE OTHER TOMBS, LX. PLAN AND SECTION OF S. PELAGIA’S TOMB ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.—DETAILS OP SEPULCHRES IN THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND OF SOME OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OP JERUSALEM. Lxr, DETAILS RELATING TO THE TOMBS. Lxn. POOL OF MAMILLAH, OH SERPENTS’ POOL (ACCORDING TO JOSEPHUS), NEAR THE MONUMENT OP HEROD ON THE WEST OF THE CITY. LXIII. PLAN AND SECTION OF THE CHURCH OF TEE HOLY CROSS TO THE WEST OF JERUSALEM, AND DETAILS OF THE MOSAICS. V? I M PLATE L PANORAMA OF JERUSALEM, SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. BEFEllENCES. Hill of Evil Counsel. 27. Residence of the Governor of Jerusa- Aqueduct of Solomon. lem. Mount of Rephaiin. 28. Barrack of the Haram es-Sherif. Daughters Cave of S. Peters Repentance. 29. A building belonging to the Mount Sion. of Sion. Tomb of David. 30. Minaret. The ancient Palace of Herod. Scene of the Last Supper. 31. Church of S. Ann, Haram es-Sherif 32. Mount Gihon. Court of the Mosque Kubbet es-Sakha- 33. Convent of the Dancing Dervishes. rah. 34. Herod’s Gate. Mosque el-Aksa. 35. Ancient Church of S. Mary Magda- Kubbet es-Sakharab. lene. Jewish Hospital. 36. Bastion of Godfrey of Bouillon. Armenian Convent. 37. Kerm es-Sheikh. Church of S. James. 38. S. Mary’s Gate. Saracenic Ruin. English Church. 39. 40. Golden Gate. Castle of David. Cemetery. Greek Convent of S. John the Baptist. 41. 42. Way of the Capture. Minaret of Ibrahim’s Mosque. Kidron. The Western Mountains. 43. Valley of the Place where S. Stephen was stoned (?). Tower of the Church of the Resurrection. 44. Gethsemane. Church of the Resurrection. 45. Arab Tower. Hospice of Saladin. 46. Tomb of Absalom. Greek Convent of S. Basil. 47. Mount of Offence. Latin Convent of S. Saviour. 48. of the Virgin Mary. Minaret of the Serai. 49. Tomb Tekhie el-Kasyeki Sultane. 50. Mount of Olives. ! PLATE II. PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM. REFERENCES. The XEiGHBounnooD op Modern Gate of Jehoshapliat Jerusalem. (according to Convent of the Dancing Dervishes De Saulcy). ancient Church of S. Peter. (Beginning with the North Sirah Brdge, or ) Bridge of Paradise. Mohaniiuedan Tombs. Gate of Jehoshaphat (according to A. Ancient Jewish Tombs. Ancient Church of S. Mary Ma^-da- Picrotti), ° B. Tomb of Simon the Just. closed. leii. Triple C. Sheikh Jerrnk. gate, closed. Ancient Walls. South Gate D. Remnrkable Rock. iBab cl-Huldah), closed. Church of B. Ann, Site of an ancient Dung the property of Church of Eiuloxia. Gate 'Bab el-Mugharibeh). France. Sion Gate (Bab cn-Neby Daud). E. Ne\T Protestant (Church. Ruins of the Convent of the Sisters of F. Russian Garden. Jaffa Gate (Bab el-KhaliP. S. Benedict. The Office of the G. Cisterns. Quarantine. Bath (ilaminam Sitti Miryam). The Custom-house. H. Church. Greek Shops. Sheep Pool (Birkct Israi'l). I. 1 lospice for Male and Female Pilgrims. Mohummedun Bath. Remains J. House of the Ecclesiastical Mission. Interior of the Crrr. of Ancient Masonry, called K. Hospital. tlic Tower Antonia. (Beginning of the West.) L. Coach-houses. Barrack of tlie Huram es-Shci if. M. Porter s Lodge. Scala Sancta. 1 . Castle of David. N. Blockhouse of CliapcI dedicated to the the Guard. 2. Pool filled up. Flagellation. O. Moliammcdiin Cemetery. Ancient Church, dedicated 3. Pre.scnt residence of the Latin Pa- to the P. Ruins Nativity of of the Church of y. Babylas. triarch. Mary. Q. Ruins. 2. Ho.'vpice of the Flagellation. 4. House of the Anglican Bishop. R. Cave. 1. Convent of the Daughters of Sion, 5. Greek Convent of S. John Baptist. s. New Greek Plantations. 1. Spring discovered by Pierotti, July 6 . Pool of Ilezckiah. T. (jrcek Convent 12, 1860. of a. George. 7. Hospice of the Copts. U. Cistern. 5. Subterranean Passage discovered by 8 . Latin Hospital of S. Louis. V. Mill. I’ierotti, .Inne 1860.