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

• 1. Mount of Olives.
• 2. Mount Viri-Galilæi.
• 3. Site of the Ascension of Jesus.
• 4. Minaret.
• 5. Arab Tower.
• 6. Arab Tower.
• 7. Place where Judas betrayed Jesus.
• 8. Gethsemane.
• 9. Tomb of the Virgin Mary.
• 10. Valley of the Kidron.

LII.

E. Pierotti, Photo. & Del^t—T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & C^o—London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lith^rs to the Queen.

PLATE LIII.

PLAN AND SECTION OF MOSQUE SITUATED ON THE MOUNT
OF OLIVES, AND DETAILS OF FIVE CAPITALS.

• Fig. 1. Plan of Mosque.
• Fig. 2. Section of Mosque.
  • 1. Mosque. Chapel of the Ascension.
  • 2. Site of the Ascension of Jesus.
  • 3. Place of Prayer.
  • 4. Greek Altar.
  • 5. Syrian Altar.
  • 6. Coptic Altar.
  • 7. Armenian Altar.
  • 8. Remains of an ancient Column.
  • 9. Little Pool and Cistern.
  • 10. Cistern.
  • 11. Capitals.
  • 12. Columns in the exterior of the Mosque.
  • 13. Pavement.
  • 14. Stone.
  • c. Ancient perimeter of the Basilica.

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• Conventional Signs.
  • a. Place covered with earth.
  • b. Ruins.
  • c. Cistern.
  • d. Ancient Walls.