There is a grotto in the slope of mount Olivet, not far from the church
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of the holy Mary, situated on high ground opposite the valley of Josaphat,
and there are two very deep wells in it. One of them stretches into a
depth of infinite extent beneath the mountain: the other is in the floor
of the grotto, and it is said that its immense shaft sinks down dead
straight into the depths. Both wells are always closed over. Then in the
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grotto too there are 4 stone tables, one of which is that of the Lord Jesus
(situated near the entrance to the grotto on the interior), and his own
seat actually adjoins the little table, where once he used often recline at
meals with the twelve apostles, all sitting at the other tables in the same
place. The closed well-mouth, the one in the floor of the grotto that we
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have described above, is closer, it will be observed, to the apostles'
tables. According to the account of the holy Arculf, who often visited
this grotto of the Lord, its opening is covered by a wooden hatch.