Description of the Holy Places of Jerusalem

...of Elisha. From Jericho, toward the east, is the monastery of the Forerunner and Baptist John. And at two miles from the monastery, toward the east, is the Jordan, where our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized by the holy Forerunner. And the Holy Spirit came to the shore of the Jordan and appeared in the form of a dove. And there the Holy Trinity was revealed. There is also the agionēsion holy island, where the hermit lived?. And he produces the cave? of the Jordan.

A naive folk-art illustration at the bottom of the page depicts a horizontal, green, scaly serpentine body stretching from the right margin, ending on the left in a large, five-fingered black hand or claw. Below this creature is a row of seven small black stylized trees or bushes; the second tree from the left is uniquely drawn with a brown trunk.