Adhémar : see p

,, 13. Gérard de Roussillon, in the East Pyrénées, followed the army of Raymond, but afterwards changed his company. Ile went again to Palestine, 1 109-12.

,, 14. Conon : cf p. 24, 1. 9.

,, 15. Gaston de Béarn : cf. note p. jj. 1. 31. ,, ., suivre de près, ' to follow closcly. ' Notice —

être près de mourir, ' to be on the point of death.' à beaucoup près (adv. ), ' very nearly. ' Do not confound /r^j' de, ' near,' \vith/;r^ à, ' ready to.'

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85. 22. la porte de Saint-Étienne : this gâte was on the north-east of ihe city.

87. 27. l'église du Saint -Sépulcre : this church is in the north-

west quarter of the city, probably on the exact site of oiir I.ord's tonib. It was built by Constantine ; cf. p. 2.

88. 3. l'église de la Résurrection : see above. The two names

are used for the same church.

7. convenir, with tV;f=' agrée,' wiih (7zwV=: ' fit' ; e.g. — nous en sommes convenus, ' \ve ha\e agreed on it. ' ce/U' place ne m'a pas convenu, ' that situation did not suit me.' ,, 12. titre, 'claim.'

,, 21. la mosquée d'Omar: of. note p. 2, 1. 31. Omar built his mosque for the Mahomctan worship on the spot occupied by the reputed stone of Jacob's vision. It still exists in the south-east corner of the Aska ; cf p. 79, 11. 24, 25.

, , 30. la vraie croix : this cross had been removed from the Church of the Résurrection by Khosni II. (see note p. 2, 1. 31), but restored by Heraclius, who defeated him (see note p. 3, 1. 6). ' Festum exaltationis sanctae crucis ' is still held by the Roman Catholic Church on September 14 of cach year.

89. 6. dessus is. as prcp. , obsolète ; it is now only used as adverb

in coinpounds, as au-dessus, par-dessus, de dessus.

,, icelui, \ce\\6 = ecce ille, ' the same,' 'it.'

,, 10. David, King of Israël 1055-1015 B.c.

,, Salomon, King of Israël 1015-975 B.c.

,, 21. un historien anglais, i.e. Henr)' of Huntingdon, who wrote the chronicles of England to A.D. 1154.

90. 2. pour que : generally, whcn a conjunction is repeated, gîte

only is used. The répétition of the whole, pour que, makes it more emphatic.

5. apparu, 'of visions,' ' sudden appearance'; the correspond ing substantive is 7ine apparition.

,, II. le mont Sinaï, situatcd in the centre of the peninsula, stretching between the horns of the Red Sea, is tlie range of which Sinai, or Jcbcl Mûsa, is a prominent peak. For ils importance in Old Testament historj' cf Exodus xix. Note the point of its mention hère.

,, 29. se trouvait, for était.