10. The description of the monastery is given by Jerom (tom.
i. p. 248, 249, in Vit. Hilarion [tom. ii. p. 31, ed.
Vallars.]), and the P. Sicard (Missions du Levant, tom. v.
p. 122-200). Their accounts cannot always be reconciled: the
father painted from his fancy, and the Jesuit from his
experience.