Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 139
... ancient times , to which they make no exception . When we were informed of this , we at first made a request for permission to stay a longer time ; but we soon perceived that it was impossible . This is certainly the most blameable of ...
... ancient times , to which they make no exception . When we were informed of this , we at first made a request for permission to stay a longer time ; but we soon perceived that it was impossible . This is certainly the most blameable of ...
Page 189
... ancient and magnificent Greek pictures , which are still extant . To return : -Within this church it is very dark ; for , on account of its size and height , and the number of buildings around it , very little light is admitted into it ...
... ancient and magnificent Greek pictures , which are still extant . To return : -Within this church it is very dark ; for , on account of its size and height , and the number of buildings around it , very little light is admitted into it ...
Page 191
... ancient ; most of it being stone ; and there still remaining the old apartments of the saintly Metropolitans , whom we have mentioned . The Patriarch Nicon added to it many buildings , together with a new clock . As to this stone ...
... ancient ; most of it being stone ; and there still remaining the old apartments of the saintly Metropolitans , whom we have mentioned . The Patriarch Nicon added to it many buildings , together with a new clock . As to this stone ...
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afterwards Aleppo ancient Archimandrite arrived astonished banquet beautiful blessing boat bowed bridge built chaunted choristers church city of Novogorod Clergy commemoration consecrated Priests Constantinople convent Cossacks court cross cupolas cups custom dinars dish door Emperor empire Empress entered festival fish four gate gems gilt gold Grandees Greek hand Haziran Heads Holy hour hundred Imperial janissaries Kniazes Kolomna Lady lake Lord the Messiah Lord the Patriarch Mass master Matins mentioned Metropolitan Metropolitan of Moscow monastery Monks morning Muscovites name of St Nicolas Nicon night paid our devotions palace Patriarch of Moscow pearls Pentecost performed person picture prayer present Priests and Deacons Pskov rang the bells Refectory returned road robes round royal door Russian Saint sakkos sanctuary SECT sent Sergius side silver Smolensko Sobor stone Tamouz tapers thousand dinars took tower town Treasurer Trinity troops vast versts village Voivode walls whilst whole wonderful wood