[466] Guy le Strange, “Pal. under Moslems,” pp. 92, 93, 98.
[467] De Vogüé, “Temple de Jérusalem,” 1863, p. 69.
[468] Prof. Hayter Lewis, “Holy Places of Jer.,” 1888, p. 78; Sir C. Wilson, “Ord. Survey Notes,” 1865, p. 40; El Muḳaddasi (c. 985 A. D.). The account by Nâṣr-i-Khosrau, in 1047 A. D., is unreliable, or at least confused. He makes the length 420 arsh (about 630 feet), and the breadth 150 arsh (about 225 feet), which is quite impossible if referring to the maḳṣurah or roofed building, which measures about 250 feet north and south by 180 feet east and west. He also speaks of 280 marble columns in the masjid, but the Aḳṣa itself has only 76 columns. No traces of any larger building exist.
[469] The present mosque has 3 doors on north, 3 on east, and 3 on west, but El Muḳaddasi speaks of 11 on east and 15 on north—perhaps including double doors, i. e. 6 on east, and 7 on north (for the nave and 6 aisles). Nâṣr-i-Khosrau says 17 gates in all, 7 on north and 10 on east.
[470] Pal. Expl. Fund Quarterly, July 1900, p. 225, seq. My own copies were imperfect, and de Vogüé’s appear to be wrong as to a few letters.
[471] Tou ekostou is probably a mistaken spelling for tou ekastou.
[472] De Vogüé, “Temple de Jérusalem,” p. 134. The words are abbreviated: Thes is for Theisa, and As for Astu or for Aisa.
[473] Rohricht, “Regesta Regni Hierosol.,” No. 131.
[474] Arculphus says that pilgrims were buried in Aceldama.
[475] Robinson, “Bib. Res.,” 1838, p. 392; Eginhard, “Vita Car. Magni.,” v.