. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. d to Bethlehem. This town itself is concealed fromview, but several villages are distinctly visible. Eastwards, behind the church, is the House of t/ie Archimandrite. Inbuilding this house, some interesting mosaics were found, which are nowpreserved in one of the rooms; beneath this room is a sepulchral are similar mosaics in the vaulted chambers and tomb discoveredto the S. of the house. The mosaics contain Armenian inscriptions of the9th and lOlh centuries: all of them are r
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. d to Bethlehem. This town itself is concealed fromview, but several villages are distinctly visible. Eastwards, behind the church, is the House of t/ie Archimandrite. Inbuilding this house, some interesting mosaics were found, which are nowpreserved in one of the rooms; beneath this room is a sepulchral are similar mosaics in the vaulted chambers and tomb discoveredto the S. of the house. The mosaics contain Armenian inscriptions of the9th and lOlh centuries: all of them are relics of an Armenian monastery. The Chapel of the Ascension, on a site long accepted by Occidentaltradition but dating in its present form only from 1834-36, lies in a. Entrance. b. Paved Path. 1. Chapel of the Ascension. 2. Prayer Recess of the Ai- menians. 3. Recess of the Copts. 4. Recess of the Syrians. 5. Recess of the Remains of Cisterns. the village itself, adjoining a Dervish monastery, which was originallyan Augustine abbey. The scene of the Ascension was located on the. 78 Boute 5. MOUNT OF OLIVES. Environs Mt. of Olives as early as 315. Constantiiie erected a roofless basilicaover the spot. About the year 600 many monasteries stood on themount. In the 7th cent, there was a small round church here, whichhad been built by Modestus, but was destroyed in the 11th church mentioned in 1130 was also destroyed. The chapel nowbelongs to the Muslims, who also consider this a sacred spot, butChristians are permitted to celebrate mass in it on certain days. Ahandsome portal (Pi. a) admits us to a court, in the centre of whichrises the chapel of irregular octagonal shape, 21 feet in diameter,over which rises a cylindrical drum with a dome. The chapel hasbeen rebuilt according to the original model, but the pointed archesover the corner-pilasters were formerly open instead of built capitals and bases of the columns are of white marble and have
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