VIII.—The Mosque of Omar

Thomas Lewin

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VIII.—The Mosque of Omar

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Thomas Lewin

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A cloud of mystery has long shrouded the Mosque of Omar, and various hypotheses have been put forward for solving the enigma. I am about to propound a novel theory; and, as most persons must long since have formed their own conclusions, I feel that prejudices are to be overcome, and that without any partisans, at least to begin with, on my side, I must necessarily have many opponents. The Society however will, I am sure, indulge me with a patient hearing, while I explain my views: Let me in the first place, for the benefit of the uninitiated, state the question at issue.

Type: Research Article
Information: Archaeologia , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , 1867 , pp. 135 - 150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261340900002253 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1867

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^{page 135 note a} Lewin's Siege of Jerusalem by Titus.

^{page 135 note b} Robinson, Bib. Res. i. 387.

^{page 136 note a} Prædicta ecclesia usque ad solum diruta. William of Tyre, lib. i. c. 4, 5. See Robinson, Bib. Res. i. 395.

^{page 136 note b} Fergusson's Jerusalem, p. 107.

^{page 136 note c} Pierotti.

^{page 136 note d} Euseb. Vit. Const, and Sulpicius Sev. lib. ii.

^{page 137 note a} Malala, lib. lxi. Dion. Ixix. 12.

^{page 137 note b} Epiphan. de Pond, et Mens. s. 14.

^{page 137 note c} τὸν ναὸν τῶν Ιονδαίων.

^{page 138 note a} Dion. lxix. 12.

^{page 138 note b} De Hadriani equestri statua, quse in ipso Sancto Sanctorum loco usque in prresentem diem stetit. (Hieron. Comm. in Matt. xxi. 15.) Ubi quondam erat templum et religio Dei, ibi Hadriani statua, et Jovis idolum collocatum est. (Hieron. Comm. in Esaiam, ii. 8.) The latter passage is expressed in general terms only, as is evident from the statue of Hadrian and the image of Jupiter being coupled together, which were not both in the same place.

^{page 138 note c} See Lewin, Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, pp. 135, 492.

^{page 139 note a} Lewin, Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, p. 462.

^{page 139 note b} Lib. i. c. 7.

^{page 139 note c} διανοεῖται οἆν ὁ ᾿ Αδριανὸς τὴν πόλιν κτίσαι, οὐ μὴν τὸ ῾Ιερόν Epiphan. de Pond, et Mens. S. 14.

^{page 140 note a} Chron. Pasch. A.D. 119.

^{page 140 note b} Lewin, Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, p. 202.

^{page 140 note c} ὁ ΙΙαῦλος ἑστὼς ἐπὶ τῶν ᾿ Αναβαθμῶν. Acts xxi. 40.

^{page 141 note a} Toble's Top. Jer. 508.

^{page 141 note b} Barclay, 499.

^{page 141 note c} Pierotti, vol. i. p. 289.

^{page 142 note a} Euseb. Hist. lib. viii. c. 2.

^{page 142 note b} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 14.

^{page 142 note c} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 14; lib. ix. c. 4.

^{page 142 note d} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 4.

^{page 142 note e} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 13.

^{page 143 note a} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 13.

^{page 143 note b} Euseb. lib. viii. c. 11.

^{page 143 note c} Eckhel, vol. viii. p. 52.

^{page 143 note d} Euseb. lib. ix. c. 9.

^{page 143 note e} Νεὼς κατὰ πᾶλιν ἐγείρειν καὶ τὰ Χρόνου μήκει καθηρημένα τεμένη δια σπουδῆς ἀνανεοῦσθαι; προστάττων Euseb. lib. viii. c. 14.

^{page 144 note a} ᾿ ΑθΡόως δ᾿ οὖν αὖθις Μαξιμίνου διαΦοιτᾷ καθ ἡμῶν πανταΧοῦ γράμματα κατ῾ ἐπαρΧίαν ἡγεμόνες τε καὶ προσέτι ὁ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἄρΧειν ἐπιτεταγμένος, προγράμμασι καὶ ἐπιστολαῖς καὶ δημοσίοις διατάγμασι, τοὺς ἐν ἁπάσαις πόλεσι λογιστὰς ἅμα στρατηγοῖς καὶ ταβουλαρίοις ἐπέσπερΧον, τὸ βασιλικὸν εἰς πέρας ἄγειν πρόσταγμα, κελεῦον ὡς ἂν μετὰ σπουδῆς πάσης τῶν μὲν εἰδώλων ἀνοικοδομοῖεν τὰ πεπτωκότα &c. Euseb. De Mart. Pal. c. 9.

^{page 144 note b} ῾Ιερεῖς δῆτα κατὰ πόλιν τῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τοτοις ἀρΧιερεῖς πρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαξιμίνου. Euseb. Hist. Eccl. lib. ix. c. 4.

^{page 145 note a} Adam's Palace of Diocletian at Spalatro, from which the ground plan and section in Plate II. are taken.

^{page 145 note b} Pierotti, vol. i. p. 87.

^{page 146 note a} Vitruvius, lib. iv. c. 7.

^{page 146 note b} Vitruvius, lib. iv. c. 7.

^{page 146 note c} Vitruvius, lib. v. c. 2.

^{page 146 note d} Insuper stylobatas columnæ constituantur. Vitruvius, lib. iv. c. 7.

^{page 146 note e} Sin autem Peripteros ea redes constituetur, duo gradus et stylobata ab imo constituantur. Ibid.

^{page 147 note a} Lib. iv. e. 8.

^{page 147 note b} Lib. iv. c. 5.

^{page 147 note c} City of the Great King, p. 498.

^{page 147 note d} Ibid.

^{page 147 note e} Pierotti, vol. i. p. 289.

^{page 148 note a} Sulpic. Severus, lib. ii.

^{page 148 note b} Eutychii Annal. vol. ii. p. 289.

^{page 149 note a} Ibi etiam constat cubiculus in quo sedit (Solomon) et Sapientiam descripsit. Ipse vero cubiculus uno lapide est tectus.

^{page 149 note b} Et in æde ipsâ ubi templum fuit quod Solomon ædificavit, in marmore ante aram sanguinem Zachariæ ibi dicas hodie fusum. Etiam parent vestigia clavorum militum qui eum occiderunt in totam aream, ut putes in cerâ fixum esse.

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