It is large enough to hold eight thousand people inside and is extremely ornate, with coloured marble and designs and pictures.  It is arrayed with Byzantine brocades and is painted. Much gold has been used, and in several places there are pictures of Jesus riding on an ass and also pictures of other prophets such as Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob and his sons.  The pictures are varnished in oil of sandarac and covered with fine, transparent glass that does not block any of the painting.  This has been done so that dust and dirt cannot harm the pictures, and every day workers clean the glass.  There are several other places just as elaborate, but it would take too long to describe them.