Paragraph:
3
Translation:
To the west of (the court of Golgotha) one enters the Holy Resurrection which contains the Tomb of the Lord. In front of it is the Stone, a hard kind of rock. Above it has been placed a roundshaped church. Over the actual Tomb is a roof of silver and gold, and everything round it is gold. In front of this Tomb is the altar where Holy Zacharias was killed, and his blood dried there. Then one goes into the sacrarium of the Basilica of St. Constantine. A chamber is there which contains the Reed and the Sponge, and the Cup which the Lord blessed and gave his disciples to drink, saying, "This is my body and my blood". From there you go to the Basilica where Jesus found people buying and selling doves and drove them out.
(transl. Wilkinson)
Bibliografical ref.:
| Bibliography |
|---|
Summary:
Description of the Holy Anastasis and of the various relics kept in it, from a pilgrim's guide to Jerusalem from the beginning of the 6th cent.