108 ACRE. 
cpiAP. d'Acrei. Lusignnn, author of the History of 
V .yii „/ the Revolt of Ali Bey ", speaks of parts of the 
antient city, as built by the Knights of St. 
John\ Douhdan describes this building* as 
exhibiting- traces of a style of architecture which 
we may perhaps consider, in some degree, the 
original of our ornamented Gothic, before its 
translation from the Holy Land, to Italy, to 
France, and to England. A similar style has 
been already alluded to in the account of the 
Island of Cyprus ; and there are other examples 
in different parts of Pcdcestine. The rest of the 
ruins in Acre are those of the Arsenal, of the 
College of the Knights, the Palace and Chapel of 
the Grand Master, and of ten or twelve other 
churches ; but they are now so intermingled 
with modern buildings, and in such an utter 
state of subversion, that it is very difficult to 
(0 The Greek name of this place, according to Straho, (p. 1077. ed. 
Oxon.) was Ace. Its Hebrew appellation was Accho (See Judges i. 3 1 .) 
St. Jerom says, that it had more antiently the name of Coth ; (See 
also Adrichomii Theat. Terra Sanctcc, p. 6.) a singular circumstance, 
considering that the Goths, or Getce, previous to their passage^ of the 
Hellespont, were from this country. Being augmented by Ptolemy the 
First, Ace was from him called Ptolemais. 
(2) The second edition was printed in London in 1784. The author 
has not seen ^ejirst. 
(3) Revolt of Ali Bey, p. 177. 
(4) EnjoUvee de mille moulures Moresques, et uutres ornemcns 
d architecture. 
