. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . opof the cornice. Like the other, it is of the RomanIonic order, surmounted by a cornice of Ionic type;but between the pillars and the cornice a frieze, un-mistakably of the Roman Doric order, is is by no means clear whether it had originally apyramidal top like its neighbor. Immediately inrear of the monolith we find a sepulchral cavern,undiscriminatingly called the Tomb of Jehoshaphat,now closed by the rubbish and stones thrown at thetomb of the undutiful son, but externally crownedby a pediment of considerable beauty, and in thesame
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . opof the cornice. Like the other, it is of the RomanIonic order, surmounted by a cornice of Ionic type;but between the pillars and the cornice a frieze, un-mistakably of the Roman Doric order, is is by no means clear whether it had originally apyramidal top like its neighbor. Immediately inrear of the monolith we find a sepulchral cavern,undiscriminatingly called the Tomb of Jehoshaphat,now closed by the rubbish and stones thrown at thetomb of the undutiful son, but externally crownedby a pediment of considerable beauty, and in thesame style as that of the Tombs of the Judges (seebelow). The third tomb of this group, called thatof St. James, is situated between the other two, and is of a very different character. It consists of averandah with two Doric pillars in antis, which maybe characterized as belonging to a very late Greekorder rather than a Roman example. Behind thisscreen are several apartments, which in anotherlocality we might be justified in calling a rock-cut. 10 ° 10 20 30 40 so FT Plan of Tomb of St. James. monastery appropriated to sepulchral purposes. Inthe rear of all is an apartment, apparently unfin-ished, with three shallow loculi meant for the recep-tion of sarcophagi, and so indicating a post-Jewishdate for the whole, or at least for that part of theexcavation. (2.) The hypogeum known as the Tombsof the Judges, about a mile north of the city,
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