. A description of the East, and some other countries . ON SYRIA. 121 of fomc very beautiful door-cafes in the fineft tafte, and alfb feveralpillars, which gave me the hint for making this plan. The Turks callthis the mofque ot St. John Baptift, but the Chriftians fay, that it wasdedicated to John Damafcenus, whofe body is in it; and they tell fomemiracle that happened, when they attempted to remove it. They havea tradition, however, that this church was built by the emperor Hera-clius, and that it was at firft dedicated to Zacharias, which is not im-probable ; for we find that the Chriftians
. A description of the East, and some other countries . ON SYRIA. 121 of fomc very beautiful door-cafes in the fineft tafte, and alfb feveralpillars, which gave me the hint for making this plan. The Turks callthis the mofque ot St. John Baptift, but the Chriftians fay, that it wasdedicated to John Damafcenus, whofe body is in it; and they tell fomemiracle that happened, when they attempted to remove it. They havea tradition, however, that this church was built by the emperor Hera-clius, and that it was at firft dedicated to Zacharias, which is not im-probable ; for we find that the Chriftians of the firft ages, efpecially theGreeks, diftinguifhed their churches by the names of the prophets andholy men that were before Chrift, which is the reafon why fo many churchesin Venice have thofe names; and it may be, the firft hermits callingtheir churches after the name of Elias, who lived a folitary life, mightbe the occafion of their being called the hermits of St. Elias; fo that al-though this church might be at firft dedicated to Zacharias, yet
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