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Route 7.—Jerusalem

1, PRELIMINARY INFORMATION,

§1, Hotels, — § 2. Money, Letters, &c. — § 3. The Consulate. — § 4. The English Church.

2. TOPOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS OF MODERN JERUSALEM.

§ 5. General Topography. —§ 6. The Modern Walls. —§ 7. Gates. —§ 8. Interior of the City — The Streets, Quarters, &c. — § 9. The Haram. — § 10. Statistics. — § 11. Religious Sects Muslems. —§ 12. The Jews. — § 13. THE CHRISTIANS — Greeks. —§ 14. The Armenians. — § 15. The Georgians, Copts, and Syrians. — § 16. The Latins — Terra Santa Convents.—§ 17. The Protestants. —§ 18. The Climate of Jerusalem.

3. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JERUSALEM.

§ 19. Early Notices of Jerusalem.—§ 20. Jerusalem under the Jews.—§ 21. Jerusalem under the Romans—§ 22. Jerusalem under the Mohammedans.

4, ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY.

§ 23. Mode of Examination.—§ 24. Mount Zion.—§ 25. The Tyropæon.— 26. Akra. —§ 27. Moriah. —§ 28. Ophel. — § 29. Bezetha. — § 30. The Valley of Hinnom. — § 31. The Kidron. — § 32. The Mount of Olives. — § 33. Hill of Evil Counsel.

5. JEWISH ANTIQUITIES.

§ 34. Ancient Remains few. —§ 35. THE WALLS— The Tower of Hippicus. — § 36. Wall of Zion. — § 37. Wall of Akra. — § 38. Wall of Bezetha. — § 39. Extent and Population. —~§ 40. THE TEMPLEIts Walls, Gates, Courts, Shrine. — § 41. FORTRESS of ANTONIA. — § 42. History of the Platform of Moriah. —§ 43. The Mosk el-Aksa. —44. The Great Mosk.—§ 45. Objects of Interest in the Haram. —§ 46. ANCIENT GATES of JERUSALEM. — § 47. SUPPLY of WATER — Cisterns — Fountains — Aqueduct. — § 48. ANCIENT TOMBS, — § 49. OTHER ANCIENT SITES,

6. CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES.

§ 50. HOLY SEPULCHRE — History — Holy Places. — § 51. HOLY FIRE. —§ 52. Hospital of St. John. — § 53. Cænaculum. — § 54. The Palace of Caiaphas. — § 55. Site of Martyrdom and Church of St. Stephen. — § 56. Churches of St. Mary and St. Anne. — § 57. Tomb and Chapel of the Virgin. — § 58. Gethsemane. — § 59. Church of the Ascension. —§ 60, Via Dolorosa. — § 61. Convents. — § 62. Books on Jerusalem.



 



 

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