Author: Pierotti, Ermete
Jerusalem — Description and travel
Jerusalem — Antiquities
Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates
Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and Sections
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JERUSALEM EXPLORED
BEING
A Description of the Ancient and Modern City.
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.
LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, FLEET STREET.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO.
M.DCCC.LXIV.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
CONTENTS. | |
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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
- Hill of Evil Counsel.
- Aqueduct of Solomon.
- Mount of Rephaim.
- Cave of S. Peter’s Repentance.
- Mount Sion.
- Tomb of David.
- Scene of the Last Supper.
- Harem es Sherîf.
- Court of the Mosque Kubbet es-Sakharrah.
- Mosque el Aksa.
- Kubbet es-Sakharah.
- Jewish Hospital.
- Armenian Convent.
- Church of S. James.
- English Church.
- Castle of David.
- Greek Convent of S. John the Baptist.
- Minaret of Ibrahim’s Mosque.
- The Western Mountains.
- Tower of the Church of the Resurrection.
- Church of the Resurrection.
- Hospice of Saladin.
- Greek Convent of S. Basil.
- Latin Convent of S. Saviour.
- Minaret of the Serai.
- Tekhie el-Kasyeki Sultane.
- Residence of the Governor of Jerusalem.
- Barrack of the Haram es-Sherîf.
- A building belonging to the Daughters of Sion.
- Minaret. The ancient Palace of Herod.
- Church of S. Ann.
- Mount Gihon.
- Convent of the Dancing Dervishes.
- Herod’s Gate.
- Ancient Church of S. Mary Magdalene.
- Bastion of Godfrey of Bouillon.
- Kerm es Sheikh.
- S. Mary’s Gate.
- Saracenic Ruin.
- Golden Gate.
- Cemetery.
- Way of the Capture.
- Valley of the Kidron.
- Place where S. Stephen was stoned (?).
- Gethsemane.
- Arab Tower.
- Tomb of Absalom.
- Mount of Offence.
- Tomb of the Virgin Mary.
- Mount of Olives.
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PLATE II.
PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM.
REFERENCES.
- The Neighbourhood of Modern Jerusalem.
(Beginning with the North.)- A. Ancient Jewish Tombs.
- B. Tomb of Simon the Just.
- C. Sheikh Jerrak.
- D. Remarkable Rock. Site of an ancient Church of Eudoxia.
- E. New Protestant Church.
- F. Russian Garden.
- G. Cisterns.
- H. Church.
- I. Hospice for Male and Female Pilgrims.
- J. House of the Ecclesiastical Mission.
- K. Hospital.
- L. Coach-houses.
- M. Porter’s Lodge.
- N. Blockhouse of the Guard.
- O. Mohammedan Cemetery.
- P. Ruins of the Church of S. Babylas.
- Q. Ruins.
- R. Cave.
- S. New Greek Plantations.
- T. Greek Convent of S. George.
- U. Cistern.
- V. Mill.
- X. Castle of the Sparrow (Kasr el-Asfur).
- Y. Protestant Cemetery.
- Z. Protestant School for Boys.
- W. Staircase cut in the Rock.
- (A. Scene of the Last Supper.
- (B. Tomb of David (Neby Daûd).
- (C. Christian Cemetery.
- (D. Cavern of Mount Sion.
- (E. American Cemetery.
- (F. House of Caiaphas.
- (G. Place where the Virgin died.
- (H. Cave of S. Peter’s Penitence.
- (I. Ruins of an Ancient Tomb.
- (J. Tomb of S. Onuphrius.
- (K. Remarkable Tomb of Aceldama.
- (L. Pool of Bîr-Eyûb.
- (M. Ancient Jewish Pool filled up.
- (N. Tomb of the Prophet Isaiah.
- (O. Pool of Siloam.
- (P. Fountain of the Virgin.
- (Q. Scarped Rock.
- (R. Monolith of Siloam.
- (S. Remains of an Ancient Conduit.
- (T. Way of the Capture.
- (U. Remarkable Tomb.
- (V. Tomb of Zachariah.
- (X. Tomb of S. James (Diwan Faroon).
- (Y. Bridge of the Capture.
- (Z. Tomb of Absalom.
- (W. Tomb of Jehoshaphat.
- a. Water-Conduit.
- b. Site of the Ancient Church dedicated to the Pater Noster.
- c. Site of the Ancient Church dedicated to the Creed.
- d. Tomb of S. Pelagia.
- e. Site of the Ascension.
- f. Place where Jesus wept over Jerusalem.?
- g. Ancient Olive.
- h. Place where Judas betrayed Jesus.
- i. Place where the Apostles fell asleep.
- j. Arab Tower.
- k. Cave of the Agony.
- l. Tomb of the Virgin.
- m. Place where S. Stephen was stoned.
- n. Pool called Hammam Sitti-Miryam.
- o. Pool of the Pilgrim.
- p. Ditch cut in the Rock.
- q. Cemetery (Turbet ez-Zahara).
- r. Cotton Grotto (Megharet el-Kotton).
- s. Cisterns.
- Circumference of the Modern City.
(Beginning at the North).- t. Damascus Gate (Bab el-`Amûd).
- u. Gate of Herod (Bab ez-Zahari).
- v. S. Mary’s Gate (Bab Sitti-Miryam).
- x. Saracenic Ruin.
- y. Golden Gate (Bab ed-Dahariyeh).
- z. Gate of Jehoshaphat (according to De Saulcy).
- w. Sirah Bridge, or Bridge of Paradise.
- (a. Gate of Jehoshaphat (according to Pierotti), closed.
- (b. Triple gate, closed.
- (c. South Gate (Bab el-Huldah), closed.
- (d. Dung Gate (Bab el-Mugharibeh).
- (e. Sion Gate (Bab en-Neby Daûd).
- (f. Jaffa Gate (Bab el-Khalil).
- (g. The Office of the Quarantine.
- (h. The Custom-house. Greek Shops.
- Interior of the City.
(Beginning at the West.)- Castle of David.
- Pool filled up.
- Present residence of the Latin Patriarch.
- House of the Anglican Bishop.
- Greek Convent of S. John Baptist.
- Pool of Hezekiah.
- Hospice of the Copts.
- Latin Hospital of S. Louis.
- Coptic Convent.
- Greek Catholic Convent.
- Greek Convent of S. Demetrius.
- New residence of the Latin Patriarch.
- Mohammedan Tomb.
- Ancient Ruins.
- Ancient Mosque.
- Greek Convent of S. Basil.
- Greek Convent of S. Theodore.
- Casa Nuova (Deir Jedidi).
- Latin Convent of S. Saviour.
- Greek Convent of S. George of the Hospital.
- Latin School for Boys.
- Greek Convent of S. Michael.
- Latin Sisters of S. Joseph.
- Greek Convent of S. Nicholas.
- Temporary residence of the Russian Bishop.
- Greek School for Boys.
- Greek School for Girls.
- Greek Convent of the Virgin Woman.
- Greek Convent of S. Constantine.
- Residence of the Greek Patriarch.
- Greek Convent of S. Catharine.
- Greek Convent of S. Euthymius.
- Greek Convent of the Virgin Child.
- Hospice of Saladin (el-Kanki).
- Church of the Resurrection.
- Vestibule of the Church of the Resurrection.
- Ground anciently belonging to the Knights of S. John.
- Lesser Mosque of Omar.
- Greek Convent dependent on the Church of Gethsemane.
- Land formerly belonging to the Church of S. Mary the Great.
- Ruins of the Church of S. Mary the Great.
- Ancient Bazaar.
- Greek Convent of S. Abraham.
- Land for the Russian Consulate on the site of the ancient Church of S. Mary Latin.
- Convent and Court of the Abyssinians.
- Cistern of S. Helena belonging to the Copts.
- Latin House, called that of the Prince.
- Greek Convent of S. Charalampes, where Jesus met the Daughters of Sion.
- Prussian House.
- Gate of Judgment, with an ancient pillar. Second Fall of Jesus.
- Residence of the Spanish Consul.
- Protestant School for Girls.
- Protestant School for Carpenters.
- New Greek Convent.
- Foundation of Ancient Towers.
- Mohammedan Convent of Dervishes.
- Interior of the Cotton Grotto.
- Convent of the Dancing Dervishes, ancient Church of S. Peter.
- Mohammedan Tombs.
- Ancient Church of S. Mary Magdalen.
- Ancient Walls.
- Church of S. Ann, the property of France.
- Ruins of the Convent of the Sisters of S. Benedict.
- Bath (Hammam Sitti Miryam).
- Sheep Pool (Birket Israïl).
- Mohammedan Bath.
- Remains of Ancient Masonry, called the Tower Antonia.
- Barrack of the Haram es-Sherîf.
- Scala Sancta.
- Chapel dedicated to the Flagellation.
- Ancient Church, dedicated to the Nativity of Mary.
- Hospice of the Flagellation.
- Convent of the Daughters of Sion.
- Spring discovered by Pierotti, July 12, 1860.
- Subterranean Passage discovered by Pierotti, June 3, 1860.
- Ruined Mosque, the ancient Palace of Herod.
- Minaret.
- Arch, called that of the Ecce Homo.
- Hospice of the Kusbeck Dervishes.
- Austrian Hospice.
- Ruined Church of the Spasma.
- First Fall of Christ, upon ground belonging to Armenian Catholics.
- Residence of the Governor of Jerusalem.
- School of Saladin.
- Fountains.
- Military Hospital. House of Dives.
- Spot where Jesus met his Mother.
- Spot where Simon the Cyrenian took the Cross.
- House of Veronica.
- Prussian Consulate.
- Prussian Hospice.
- Hospital of S. Helena (Tekhie el-Kasyeki Sultane).
- House of the Dervishes. (Ancient Saracenic.)<
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