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Title: Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm) Socin, A. (Albert), 1844-1899 Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935 Peters, John P. (John Punnett), 1852-1921
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Publisher: Leipzig : Karl Baedeker London : T. Fisher Unwin New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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PHILIFS WELL. 6. Haute. 93 in the European style. The Church, consisting of nave and aisles,dates from the Byzantine period. The dome is borne by four largepillars, and the vaulting and arches are pointed. The paintings onthe walls, some of them of a rude character, were retouched in 1643,The interesting mosaic pavement is ancient. The principal shrineof the monastery is behind the high-altar, where a round aperture,lined with marble, marks the spot where the tree from which Christscross was formed is said to have grown. This tradition gives themonastery its name, which is more properly the monastery of theplace of the cross. The tradition is probably very ancient, althoughnot traceable further back than the Crusades, and never entirely re-cognized by the Latins. Among later myths may be mentioned thatof Adam being buried, and that of Lot having lived here. Connectedwith the monastery is a large seminary for priests. The library isnow incorporated with the Patriarchal Library at Jerus

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