. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. by traders and beggars. Almost infront of the door of the Holy Sepulchre, is the gravestone of PhilipdAubigny, an English Crusader (PI. 12; d. 1236; inscription). [For thebuildings on the S. and sides of this square, see pp. 4o et seq.] The quadrangle is bounded by buildings of no great first door on the right leads to Ihe Monastery of Abraham (PI. 2; p. 45).Ascending a staircase to the left, we reach a small terrace above the Chapelof St. James (PI. 4 ; p. 38), where an
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. by traders and beggars. Almost infront of the door of the Holy Sepulchre, is the gravestone of PhilipdAubigny, an English Crusader (PI. 12; d. 1236; inscription). [For thebuildings on the S. and sides of this square, see pp. 4o et seq.] The quadrangle is bounded by buildings of no great first door on the right leads to Ihe Monastery of Abraham (PI. 2; p. 45).Ascending a staircase to the left, we reach a small terrace above the Chapelof St. James (PI. 4 ; p. 38), where an olive-tree, surrounded by a wall, marksthe spot where Abraham discovered the ram when about to sacrifice Isaac(Gen. xxii). A small door and stair to the E. lead to the Church of theAi)ostles (above PI. 3), with the altar of Melchizedek. A vestibule to theN. leads to the Church of Ahrahum (above the Chapel of the Archangel Holy Sepulchre. JERUSALEM. 4. Route. 0( Michael, PI. 5). A round hollow in the centre of the pavement indicatesthespot where Abraham ;was on the point of sacrificing Isaac ( 1. Quadrangle. 2. Monastery of Abraham. 3. Oreek Shops. 4. ArmenianChajiel of St. James. 5. Coptic Chapel of Michael. 6. Abpssinian Chapel of St. Mary of Egypt. 8. Qreek Chapel of St. James. 9. Chapelof St. Thecla. 10. Chapel oj Mary Magdalen. 11. Chapel of the Forty Tomb of Philip d^Avhigny. 13. Post of the Muslim custodians. 14. Stoneof Unction. 15. Place from which the Women witnessed the Anointment. Chapel. 17. Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre. 18. Chapel of the Chapel of the Syrians. 20. Chamber in the Rock. 21. Passage to the CopticMonastery. 22. Original S. Apse. 23. Passage to the Cistern. 24. Antechamber of next chapel. 26. Chapel of the Apparition. 27. LatinSacristy. 28. Latin Convent. 29. Greek Cathedral (so-called Catholicon).30. Centre of the World. 31. Seat of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 32. Choir,33. North Aisle of the
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