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Cenotaph of Isaac
ID: ICHJHB02 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2002

Cenotaph of Isaac

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View of the cenotaph, or Tomb of Isaac, located in the eastern portion of the Tomb of the Patriarchs. This portion of the structure is used as a mosque today. This cenotaph was construced in A.D. 1332 by Tankiz, the Mamluk viceroy of Syria.

To the left of the cenotaph is the minbar of the mosque and to the left of that the mihrab.

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