A dictionary of the . the Armenian quarter:tower of David, tower of Hippicus, fourconvents, the lepers quarter, and thechurch of St. James. Haram esh-Sherif.—The extent of thisenclosure, which covers the ground onwhich the temple stood, is, accordingto the British Ordnance Survey, on thenorth wall, 1042 feet: east, 1530 feet;south, 922 feet; west, 1601; or a totalcircumference of 5095 (nearly a mile),and the total area is 35 acres. Near thecentre of the enclosure is a raised plat-form, upon which once stood the templeof Solomon, later the less glorious tem-ple of Zerubbabel, and last t
A dictionary of the . the Armenian quarter:tower of David, tower of Hippicus, fourconvents, the lepers quarter, and thechurch of St. James. Haram esh-Sherif.—The extent of thisenclosure, which covers the ground onwhich the temple stood, is, accordingto the British Ordnance Survey, on thenorth wall, 1042 feet: east, 1530 feet;south, 922 feet; west, 1601; or a totalcircumference of 5095 (nearly a mile),and the total area is 35 acres. Near thecentre of the enclosure is a raised plat-form, upon which once stood the templeof Solomon, later the less glorious tem-ple of Zerubbabel, and last the templeof Herod, which was built in the timeof Christ, and was destroyed by theRomans, A. d. 70. The attempt to re-build the Jewish temple under Julianthe Apostate, A. D. 362, was a completefailure, as already noticed. See p. the reign of Hadrian. A. d. 136,a temple of Jupiter occupied this sacredspot, and a shrine of Venus was placedupon the site of the Holy Sepulchre. Inplace of the temple now stands the Kub-. JEB JEft bet es-Sakhara, Dome of the Rock,or mosque of Omar—perhaps, saysHepworth Dixon, the very noblestspecimen of building-art in Asia. Itis, says Schaff, the most prominent aswell as the most beautiful building in thewhole city, It stands out conspicuouslyin every picture of Jerusalem. ... It isthe second mosque of Islam, inferioronly to that of Mecca, as Jerusalem isits second sacred city. . The mosquestands on an irregular base of 10 feetin height, and is approached by threeflights of steps, which terminate inelegant arcades, called scales, because,according to tradition, the scales of judg-ment are to be suspended here. Themosque is an octagonal building, eachside measuring 67 feet. Baedeker says : Each of the eight sides is 66 feet inlength, and is covered externally as faras the pedestal with porcelain tiles ofthe Persian style, and lower down withmarble. Each tile has been writtenupon and burned separately. Passagesfrom the Koran, beautifully
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