x. Place where the end of the chain was drawn out in order to raise

the stone y. } Position of the stone when the entrance was closed. u. }

Fig. 2. Inner stone door. n. Stone support of the door.

Fig. 3. The stone used in closing the entrance of the Tomb, with the grooves in which it and the chain worked.

Fig. 4. Sketch of the Plan of the Tomb of Jehoshaphat.

Fig. 5. Tomb, like that of our Lord, situated on the South of Jerusalem. u. y. Position of the stone when the entrance was closed.

PLATE LVII.

ANCIENT JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN THE VALLEY OF THE KIDRON, TOWARDS THE NORTH.

1. Prominent parts of each side of the Synagogue.

2. Ruins.

3. Mass of rock on which the Rabbins used to read Prayers.

PLATE LVIII.

VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OF OTHER TOMBS TO THE NORTH OF JERUSALEM.

Fig. 1. Tombs of the Judges. a. Entrance.

Fig. 2. Cover of a Sarcophagus, from the Tombs of the Kings.

Fig. 3. Ornaments on the two sides. b. } Corresponding parts of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. c. }

Fig. 4. Single Ornaments of the Cover of the Sarcophagus. a. e. f. Corresponding parts of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4.

Fig. 5. View of a Tomb situated near Jerusalem on the North-West.

Fig. 6. General idea of the Tombs of Samuel at Ramah and of Rachel at Ephrata.

Fig. 7. Plan and Section of a Tomb situated on the North of Jerusalem, near the Tombs of the Kings.

PLATE LIX.

PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OF THE OTHER TOMBS.

Fig. 1. Longitudinal Section of the Tombs.

1. Vestibule. 2. Entrance. 3. Subterranean Chamber, in which may be seen Sepulchres in an unfinished state.

Fig. 2. Transverse Section.

Fig. 3. Plan of the Tombs. a. First entrance Chamber. M. Passage leading into the other Sepulchral Chambers. N. Staircase leading into the Subterranean Chamber.

Fig. 4. Tomb situated on the North of Jerusalem, in the opening of the Valley of Kidron. a. b. Water-conduit hewn in the Rocks.

Fig. 5. Plan of the Tomb situated on the North-West of Jerusalem (for the Façade of which see Plate LVIII. Fig. 5).

Fig. 6. Tomb situated on the North-West of Jerusalem near the Tombs of the Judges.

PLATE 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.

Fig. 1. Plan of S. Pelagia's Tomb. 1. Room built at the time of the Crusades. 2. Tomb of S. Pelagia. 3. Ancient Jewish Tomb, the retreat of S. Pelagia.

Fig. 2. Section of S. Pelagia's Tomb.

Fig. 3. Tomb of Absalom.

Fig. 4. Tomb of S. James. 4. Opening corresponding with a Sepulchral Chamber. 5. Opening into which both the Jews and the Arabs used to throw stones, in order to indicate their hatred of the wicked son Absalom. 6. Tomb of Jehoshaphat.

Fig. 5. Tomb of Zacharias. 7. Jewish Tomb.

Fig. 6. An entrance door into the Tomb of Aceldama (for the Plan of which see Plate XLVII.). (a). Broken ornaments. n. Cultivated land. 8. Rock.

Fig. 7. Another entrance into the Tomb of Aceldama.

Fig. 8. Ornaments of the Tomb of S. Onuphrius (for the Plan of which see Plate XLVII.). 9. Heaps of earth.

PLATE LXI.

DETAILS RELATING TO THE TOMBS.

Fig. 1. Details of the Tomb of Absalom. a. b. Monolithic portion of the Monument. c. d. Portion formed of Masonry.

Fig. 2. A Capital of the Tomb of Absalom.

Fig. 3. A Capital of the Tomb of Zacharias.

Fig. 4. A Capital of the corner-pillar of the Tomb of Zacharias.

Fig. 5. Monolith of Siloam.

Fig. 6. Ornaments of the Tombs of the Kings.

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."

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.

(S.C.) Conventional Signs. a. Ancient Wall. b. Wall of later times. c. Small Walls. d. Mosaics. e. Things made of Wood. f. White colour. g. Brown. h. Black. i. Yellow. k. Red. m. Pale Yellow.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Missing punctuation added to lists and Table of Contents.

Missing spaces added between words, where appropriate.

Figure numbers in Roman numerals were changed to Arabic numbers for consistency. Items in some descriptions of Plates are out of order and were retained as printed.

Table of Contents was moved before the description of Plate I to keep all the plates and their descriptors in order.

Description of Plate II: 'of' changed to 'at' ...(Beginning at the West.)..., and 'Brdge' changed to 'Bridge' in item w.

Description of Plate III: duplicate word 'and' was removed from item 32.

Description of Plate IV: changed 'Psephiuns' to 'Psephinus' and 'Mohammedam' to 'Mohammedan.' Item '((j)). Subterranean passages' is mis-identified as a duplicate ((h)) both on Plate IV and the description of Plate IV.

Descriptions of Plates VIII and IX: numbers were changed from Roman to Arabic to match the plates, and for consistency with remainder of the book.

Description of Plate XII: changed 'Mahommedan' to 'Mohammedan.' Removed carat over 'I' in HARAM ES-SHERIF, for consistency with remaining capitalized text of the word. (Lower case versions contain the carat, and were unchanged.)

Moved Illustration of Plate XXX so that it follows the description of the plate, for consistency with the remainder of the book.

Punctuation and text of the illustration attribution credits were standardized.