Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates: Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and SectionsPierotti, Ermete
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Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates: Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and Sections
Pierotti, Ermete
Jerusalem -- Antiquities; Jerusalem -- Description and travel
Fig. 2. Plan and Section of the Tomb of Lazarus.
1. Entrance.
2. Tomb of Lazarus.
3. Ancient Chapel of the times of the Crusaders.
4. Place covered with ruins and earth.
5. Mosque of Bethany.
6. Rock.
7. Road to Jericho.
8. Arab Houses.
Fig. 3. View of the Tomb of Lazarus.
[Illustration: PLATE LIV.
E. Pierotti, Mest. & Delt.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co.--London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.]
PLATE LV.
VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS.
The Description given in the Text.
[Illustration: PLATE LV.
E. Pierotti, Photo. & Delt.--T. Picken, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co.--London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.]
PLATE LVI.
PLAN AND SECTIONS OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS, AND OF OTHER TOMBS; THAT
OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND ONE LIKE THAT OF OUR LORD.
Fig. 1. Plan of the Tombs of the Kings.
a. b. Entrance of Vestibule.
c. Entrance.
x. y. Groove in which the chain worked to move the stone closing the
entrance,
x. Place where the end of the chain was drawn out in order to raise
the stone
y. } Position of the stone when the entrance was closed.
u. }
Fig. 2. Inner stone door.
n. Stone support of the door.
Fig. 3. The stone used in closing the entrance of the Tomb, with the
grooves in which it and the chain worked.
Fig. 4. Sketch of the Plan of the Tomb of Jehoshaphat.
Fig. 5. Tomb, like that of our Lord, situated on the South of
Jerusalem.
u. y. Position of the stone when the entrance was closed.
[Illustration: PLATE LVI.
E. Pierotti, Mest. & Delt.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co.--London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.]
PLATE LVII.
ANCIENT JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN THE VALLEY OF THE KIDRON, TOWARDS THE
NORTH.
1. Prominent parts of each side of the Synagogue.
2. Ruins.
3. Mass of rock on which the Rabbins used to read Prayers.
[Illustration: PLATE LVII.
E. Pierotti, Delt.--E. Walker, Lith.
Cambridge. Deighton, Bell & Co.--London. Bell & Daldy.
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.]
PLATE LVIII.
VIEW OF THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES, AND OF OTHER TOMBS TO THE NORTH OF
JERUSALEM.
Fig. 1. Tombs of the Judges.
a. Entrance.
Fig. 2. Cover of a Sarcophagus, from the Tombs of the Kings.
Fig. 3. Ornaments on the two sides.
b. } Corresponding parts of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
c. }
Fig. 4. Single Ornaments of the Cover of the Sarcophagus.
a. e. f. Corresponding parts of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4.
Fig. 5. View of a Tomb situated near Jerusalem on the North-West.
Fig. 6. General idea of the Tombs of Samuel at Ramah and of Rachel at
Ephrata.
Fig. 7. Plan and Section of a Tomb situated on the North of Jerusalem,
near the Tombs of the Kings.
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