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Cliateauhriand*s Tra^vels in Egypt^ Palestine^ Kc, 
The Holy Sepulchre is thirty paces 
from this stone, exactly in the centre of 
the great dome, of which 1 have already 
spoken : it resembles a small closet, hewn 
out of the solid rock. The entrance, 
which faces the east, is only four feet 
liigh, and two feet and a quarter broad, 
so that you are obliged to stoop very much 
to go in. The interior of the sepulchre 
is nearly square. It is six feet, wanting 
'ftn inch, in length, and six feet, wanting 
twm inches, in breadth; and from the 
floor to the roof eieht feet one inch. 
There is a solid block of the same stone, 
which was left in excavating the osher 
part. This is two feet four inches and 
a half high, and occupies half of the se¬ 
pulchre ; for it is six feet, wanting one 
inch, in length, and two feet and five 
sixths wide. On this table the body of 
our Lord was laid, with the head tow'ards 
the west, and the feet to tlie east: but, 
on account of the superstitious devotion 
of the Orientals, who imagine tlmt, if 
they leave their hair upon this stone, 
God will never forsake them, and also 
because the pilgrims broke olf pieces, it 
lias received a covering of white marble, 
on whicii mass is now celebrated. Forty- 
four lamps are constantly burning in this 
sacred place, and three holes have been 
made in the roof for the emission of the 
smoke. The exterior of the sepulchre is 
silso faced with slabs of marble, and 
adorned with several columns, having a 
dome above. 
At the entrance of the sepulchre there 
is a stone about a foot and a half square, 
and a foot thick, which is of the same 
rock, and served to support the large 
stone which closed the access to the se¬ 
pulchre. Upon this stone was seated 
the angel when he spoke to the two 
iMarvs; and, as well on account of this 
inystery» as to prevent the sepulchre 
from being entered, the first Christians 
■ erected before it a little chapel, which is 
called the Angel's Chapel. 
Twelve paces from the Holy Sepulchre, 
turning towards the north, yon come to 
a large block of grey marble, about four 
feet in diameter, placed there to mark 
the spot where our Lord appeared to 
Mary Magdalen in the form of a gar¬ 
dener. 
Farther on is the Cliapel of the Appa- 
riiion^, where, as tradition asserts, our 
Lord first appeared to the Virgin Mary 
after his resurrection. This is the place 
wdiere the Franciscans perform their de- 
and to vvlsicii they retire • and 
hence they pass into chambers,with which 
there is no other communication. 
Ten paces from this chapel you come 
to a very narrow staircase, the steps of 
which are of wood at the beginning, and 
of stone at the end. There are twenty 
in all, by which you ascend to Mount 
Calvary, This spot, once so ignomi¬ 
nious, having been sanctified by the 
blood of our Lord, was an object of the 
particular attention of tlie first Christians. 
Having removed every impurity, and all 
the earth which was upon it, they sur¬ 
rounded it with walls, so that it is now 
like a lofty cliapel enclosed within this 
spacious church. It is lined in the in¬ 
terior with marble, and divided by a row 
of arches into two parts. That towards 
the north is the spot where our Lord was 
nailed to the cross. Here thirty-two 
lamps are kept continually burning : they 
are attended by ihe Franciscans, w'ho 
daily perform mass in this sacred places 
In the other part, w'hich is to the south, 
the Holy Cross was erected. You still 
see the hole dug in the rock, to the 
depth of about a foot and a half, besides 
the earth which was above it. Near this 
is the place where stood the crosses of the 
two tiiieves. That of the penitent thief 
was to the north, and the other to the 
south ; so that the first was on the right- 
hand of our Saviour, who had his face 
turned towards the west, and his back to 
Jerusalem, which lay to the east. Fifty 
lamps are kept constantly burning in 
honour of this holy spot. 
Below this chapel aye the tombs of 
Godfrey de Bouillon and his brother 
Baldwin, on which you read tliese in¬ 
scriptions i 
HlC JACET INCLYTUS DUX GODEFHIDUS 
DE BULION, (^Ul TOTAM TSTAM TERRAM 
A C^U 1 SIVIT CULTUI CHRI3TIANO,CUJU5 
ANIMA REGNET CUM CHRISTO. AMKN. 
REX BALDUIKUS, JUDAS ALTER MACHA- 
B E US 
SEES PATRI.*, VIGOR E C C L E S J AE, VIR T U S 
U T R I U S Q^U E , 
q_UIM FORMIDABANT, CUI DONA TRl- 
BUTA FEREBANT 
CAiDAR ET AiGYPTUS, DAN AC HOMI- 
C 1 D A DAMASCUS. 
PROH dolor! in MODICO GLAUDITUR 
MOC TUMULO. 
IMount Calvary is the last station of 
the church of the Holy Sepulchre ; for, 
twenty paces from it, you again come 
to Hhe Stone of Unction, ^'hich is just 
at the entrance of the church 
is obvious in the first place, that the 
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