. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. (11 to a row) of monolithic columnsof reddish limestone, with white veins. The base of each columnrests on a square slab. The capitals are Corinthian, but show adecline of the style; at the top of each is engraved a cross. The 104 Roule 10. BETHLEHEM. Church of the Nativity. columns, including capitals and bases, are 19 ft. high. Ahove thecolumns are architraves. In the aisles these architraves bear the?wooden beams of the roof. The aisles were not, as elsevphere, raisedto the height of the
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. (11 to a row) of monolithic columnsof reddish limestone, with white veins. The base of each columnrests on a square slab. The capitals are Corinthian, but show adecline of the style; at the top of each is engraved a cross. The 104 Roule 10. BETHLEHEM. Church of the Nativity. columns, including capitals and bases, are 19 ft. high. Ahove thecolumns are architraves. In the aisles these architraves bear the?wooden beams of the roof. The aisles were not, as elsevphere, raisedto the height of the nave by means of an upper gallery, but wallswere ereited to a height of about 32 ft. above the architraves ofthe inner row of columns for the support of the roof-beams of tlienave. These form a pointed roof, which was once richly paintedand gilded. Unfortunately very little has been preserved of themosaics of Conineiios (p. 103). The lowest row on the S. (right)side consists of a series of half-figures of the ancestors of Christ,of which seven only, representing the immediate ancestors of Joseph,. a, a. Stairs to the Crypt,descending from the Greekchoii-of thechurch (see Plan, p. 102). b. Stairsto the Cri/pt, from the LatinChurch of St. Catharine,c. Stairs now closed. A. Placeof the Nativity, e. Manger ofthe Latins, f. Altar of the Ad-oration of the Magi. g. Springof the Holy Family, h. Pas-sage in the Rock. i. Sceneof the Vision commanding theFlight into Egypt, k. Chapelof the Innocents. 1. Tomb ofEusebius. m. Tomb of St. Je-rome, n. Chapel of St. Jerome. are now distinguishable; above these, interspersed with fantasticfoliage, are arcades, containing altars concealed by curtains, onwhich books of the Gospels are placed. The Greek inscription abovecontains an extract from the resolutions of the Council of Con-stantinople (381; concerning the Godhead of the Holy Ghost), andstill higher are two crosses. On the N. (left) side, in the spacesbetween the fantastic plants,
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