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 LXII.

POOL OF MAMILLAH, OR SERPENTS' POOL (ACCORDING
TO JOSEPHUS), NEAR THE MONUMENT OF HEROD
ON THE WEST OF THE CITY.

• 1. Mount Gihon, position of the buildings of the Prussian Mission.
• 2. Corner of the North-Western Wall of Jerusalem.
• 3. Wall of Jerusalem.
• 4. Mount of Olives.
• 5. Road to the Convent of the Holy Cross.
• 6. Ancient Mohammedan Cemetery.
• 7. Ancient Saracenic Monument.
• 8. Pool of Mamillah; "the Upper Pool."

LXII.

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

PLATE LXIII.

PLAN AND SECTION OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS
TO THE WEST OF JERUSALEM, AND DETAILS
OF THE MOSAICS.

• Fig. 1. Plan of the Church.
  • 1. Vestibule.
  • 2. Mosaic pavement stained (with blood?).
  • 3. Mosaics (details given in Fig. 3).
  • 4. Throne for the Greek Bishop.
  • 5. Iconostasis.
  • 6. Greek Altar.
  • 7. Choir.
  • 8. Passage leading to the Sanctuary.
  • 9. The place from which the Tree for the Cross of Jesus Christ was taken.?
• Fig. 2. Longitudinal Section of the Church.
• Fig. 3. Details of Mosaics.