Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates / Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and Sections

by Ermete Pierotti

PLATE XXVII.

SECTION OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH—VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GOLDEN GATE.

• Fig. 1. Kubbet es-Sakharah.
  • A. Bâb el-Kibli, Gate of Prayer.
  • B. Bâb el-Jenni, Gate of Paradise.
  • C. Threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  • D. Upper Chamber of the Cistern of the Threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  • E. Hole now covered with a stone.
  • F. Lower Chamber of the Cistern of the Threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  • G. Water-Conduit.
  • H. Conduit for Blood.
• Fig. 2. Golden Gate.
  • H. Modern Arabic Construction.
  • I. Marble Pillar, Monolith.
  • L. Marble Pillar, Monolith.

XXVII.

E. Pierotti, Mes^t & Del^t—L. Cornelissen, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & C^o—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lith^rs to the Queen.

PLATE XXVIII.

FOUR MOSAICS IN THE INTERIOR OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH,
AND MOSQUE EL-AKSA.

• Fig. 1. Interior of Kubbet es-Sakharah.
• Fig. 2. Interior of Mosque el-Aksa.
• Fig. 3. Interior of Mosque el-Aksa.
• Fig. 4. Interior of Kubbet es-Sakharah.
  • a. Red.
  • b. Yellow.
  • c. Black.
  • d. White.