<Description of the place of the Lord’s baptism, marked by a cross planted in the waters, with a stone ramp leading up to it.>
On the very edge of the river there is a small square church, founded on the spot where the Lord’s clothes were kept, at the moment of his baptism. This church stands over the water, resting on four stone vaults, which make it accessible, for the water penetrates underneath the church itself from all sides. Overhead it is covered with (a roof of) tiles, while underneath, this peculiar church is supported by vaults and arches, as I said; it stands on the lower part of the valley through which the Jordan flows. In the upper part there is a large monastery which overlooks the church, being built on the brow of a hill in front of it. In the same spot there is also a church, consecrated to Saint John the Baptist and enclosed in the same wall (that surrounds) the monastery, which (wall) is built of square stones.
(transl. Leah Di Segni)