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Title: Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates

Author: Ermete Pierotti

Translator: T. G. Bonney

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JERUSALEM EXPLORED

BEING

A Description of the Ancient and Modern City.

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Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

JERUSALEM EXPLORED

BEING

A Description of the Ancient and Modern City,

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
CONSISTING OF VIEWS, GROUND PLANS, AND SECTIONS,

BY ERMETE PIEROTTI,

DOCTOR OF MATHEMATICS, AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER, CIVIL AND MILITARY, TO HIS EXCELLENCY SURRAYA PASHA OF JERUSALEM.

TRANSLATED BY

THOMAS GEORGE BONNEY, M.A., F.G.S.

FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME II.—PLATES.

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LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, FLEET STREET.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO.

M.DCCC.LXIV.

[The right of Translation is reserved.]

CONTENTS.
PLATE
I.PANORAMA OF JERUSALEM, SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
II.PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM.
III.PLAN OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.
IV. FOUR SECTIONS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, SHEWING THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS IN COMPARISON WITH THE PRESENT LEVEL OF THE CITY.
V.ANCIENT CITADEL OF THE JEBUSITES, AFTERWARDS THAT OF DAVID, THEN THAT OF THE PISANS. THE JAFFA GATE.
VI.THE TOWERS PHASÆLUS AND MARIAMNE. THE TOWER HIPPICUS IS CONCEALED BY PHASÆLUS.
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 ETHAM.
XI.THE HARAM ES-SHERIF.
XII.PLAN OF LAND BELONGING TO THE DAUGHTERS OF SION, AND OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH MORIAH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI—SECTIONS RELATING TO THIS LAND AND TO MOUNT MORIAH.
XIII. VIEW OF THE ARCH OF THE ECCE-HOMO, WITH THE SMALLER ARCH TO THE NORTH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI.
XIV.VIEW OF THE BARRACK OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF.
XV.REMAINS OF ANCIENT MASONRY, CALLED THE RUINS OF THE TOWER ANTONIA.
XVI.VIEW OF THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
XVII.ANCIENT JEWISH WORK IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE HARAM WALL, NEAR S. MARY'S GATE.
XVIII.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, NEAR THE SOUTH-WESTERN ANGLE.
XXII. WAILING-PLACE OF THE JEWS. A PORTION OF THE ANCIENT WALL OF THE TEMPLE ENCLOSURE.
XXIII.FAÇADE OF THE MOSQUE EL-AKSA.
XXIV.SECTION OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AKSA, AND OF ITS SUBSTRUCTIONS.
XXV. UNDERGROUND WORKS OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AKSA, THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS.
XXVI. NORTH-EASTERN 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 MOSAICS IN THE INTERIOR OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH, AND MOSQUE EL-AKSA.
XXIX.DETAILS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS OF EL-AKSA; OF THE ORNAMENTATION OF THE GOLDEN GATE; AND OF THE SIX CAPITALS WHICH CROWN THE COLUMNS OF THE MOSQUES.
XXX. PLAN AND SECTION OF LAND SURROUNDING THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION AND THE HOSPITAL OF THE KNIGHTS OF S. JOHN.
XXXI.VIEW OF THE POOL AMYGDALON, 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 CAPITALS IN AND NEAR THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION.
XXXVII. ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL OF S. JOHN.
XXXVIII. 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. TWO DOORS IN THE TEKHIYEH EL-KHASSEKI-SULTANE, COMMONLY CALLED THE HOSPITAL OF S. HELENA.
XLIV.ANCIENT GATE OF SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE DESCENT OF SILLA, AND A VIEW OF A FOUNTAIN IN THE TYROPŒON VALLEY.
XLV. VIEW OF THE CŒNACULUM, AND OF THE SO-CALLED TOMB OF DAVID.
XLVI.PLAN AND SECTION OF THE CŒNACULUM; THE SO-CALLED TOMB OF DAVID; AND OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKS OF MOUNT SION.
XLVII.PLAN AND SECTION OF THE TOMBS OF ACELDAMA.
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 AND 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.
LIV.PLAN AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE PROPHETS SITUATED IN THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.—VIEW, PLAN, AND SECTION OF THE TOMB OF LAZARUS AT BETHANY.
LV.VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS.
LVI.PLAN AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS, AND OF OTHER TOMBS; THAT OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND ONE LIKE THAT OF OUR LORD.
LVII.ANCIENT JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN THE VALLEY OF THE KIDRON, TOWARDS THE NORTH.
LVIII.VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OF OTHER TOMBS 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 OF SEPULCHRES IN THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND OF SOME OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF JERUSALEM.
LXI.DETAILS RELATING TO THE TOMBS.
LXII.POOL OF MAMILLAH, OR SERPENTS' POOL (ACCORDING TO JOSEPHUS), NEAR THE MONUMENT OF HEROD ON THE WEST OF THE CITY.
LXIII.PLAN AND SECTION OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS TO THE WEST OF JERUSALEM, AND DETAILS OF THE MOSAICS.

PLATE I.

PANORAMA OF JERUSALEM, SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

REFERENCES

  1.    Hill of Evil Counsel.
  2.    Aqueduct of Solomon.
  3.    Mount of Rephaim.
  4.    Cave of S. Peter's Repentance.
  5.    Mount Sion.
  6.    Tomb of David.
  7.    Scene of the Last Supper.
  8.    Harem es Sherîf.
  9.    Court of the Mosque Kubbet es-Sakharrah.
  10.    Mosque el Aksa.
  11.    Kubbet es-Sakharah.
  12.    Jewish Hospital.
  13.    Armenian Convent.
  14.    Church of S. James.
  15.    English Church.
  16.    Castle of David.
  17.    Greek Convent of S. John the Baptist.
  18.    Minaret of Ibrahim's Mosque.
  19.    The Western Mountains.
  20.    Tower of the Church of the Resurrection.
  21.    Church of the Resurrection.
  22.    Hospice of Saladin.
  23.    Greek Convent of S. Basil.
  24.    Latin Convent of S. Saviour.
  25.    Minaret of the Serai.
  26.    Tekhie el-Kasyeki Sultane.
  27.    Residence of the Governor of Jerusalem.
  28.    Barrack of the Haram es-Sherîf.
  29.    A building belonging to the Daughters of Sion.
  30.    Minaret. The ancient Palace of Herod.
  31.    Church of S. Ann.
  32.    Mount Gihon.
  33.    Convent of the Dancing Dervishes.
  34.    Herod's Gate.
  35.    Ancient Church of S. Mary Magdalene.
  36.    Bastion of Godfrey of Bouillon.
  37.    Kerm es Sheikh.
  38.    S. Mary's Gate.
  39.    Saracenic Ruin.
  40.    Golden Gate.
  41.    Cemetery.
  42.    Way of the Capture.
  43.    Valley of the Kidron.
  44.    Place where S. Stephen was stoned (?).
  45.    Gethsemane.
  46.    Arab Tower.
  47.    Tomb of Absalom.
  48.    Mount of Offence.
  49.    Tomb of the Virgin Mary.
  50.    Mount of Olives.

I.

Illustration: Panorama of Jerusalem, seen from the Mount of Olives

E. Pierotti, Photo. & Delt—T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE II.

PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM.

REFERENCES.

PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM
II.

Illustration: Plan of Modern Jerusalem

E. Pierotti, Mest & Delt
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

Illustration: Code Key to Plate 2

PLATE III.

PLAN OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.

REFERENCES.

PLAN OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.
III.

Illustration: Plan of Ancient Jerusalem

E. Pierotti, Mest & Delt
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

Illustration: Code Key to Plate 3

PLATE IV.

FOUR SECTIONS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, SHEWING THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS IN COMPARISON WITH THE PRESENT LEVEL OF THE CITY.

REFERENCES.

IV.

Illustration: Four Sections of Ancient Jerusalem

E. Pierotti, Mest & Delt
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE V.

ANCIENT CITADEL OF THE JEBUSITES, AFTERWARDS THAT OF DAVID, THEN THAT OF THE PISANS. THE JAFFA GATE.

  1.    Jaffa Gate.
  2.    Present Wall of the City.
  3.    The Custom House.
  4.    Citadel.
  5.    Barrack of Mount Sion.
  6.    Minaret of the Citadel.
  7.    Road from Bethlehem.
  8.    Road from Jaffa.
  9.    Mount Sion.
  10.    Valley of Gihon.

V.

Illustration: The Jaffa Gate

E. Pierotti, Photo. & Delt—E. Walker, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE VI.

THE TOWERS PHASÆLUS AND MARIAMNE. THE TOWER
HIPPICUS IS CONCEALED BY PHASÆLUS.

  1.    Citadel Gate.
  2.    Citadel.
  3.    Tower Phasælus.
  4.    Tower Mariamne.
  5.    Breast-work of a ditch.
  6.    Upper Road of Sion.

VI.

Illustration: The Towers Phasælus and Mariamne

E. Pierotti, Photo. & Delt—T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE VII.

GATE OF DAMASCUS.

VII.

Illustration: Gate of Damascus

E. Pierotti, Photo. & Delt—T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE VIII.

VIEWS OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

VIII.

Illustration: Views of the Royal Caverns, and Grotto of Jeremiah

E. Pierotti, Delt—T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.

PLATE IX.

PLANS AND SECTION OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND
OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

IX.