Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 168
... brought them hither with the utmost veneration and respect . They were about seventy Nuns , mostly maids of rank and property , with faces shining like the sun , and beautiful clothes and ornaments . They wore long veils over their ...
... brought them hither with the utmost veneration and respect . They were about seventy Nuns , mostly maids of rank and property , with faces shining like the sun , and beautiful clothes and ornaments . They wore long veils over their ...
Page 190
... brought back by the next morning . This is a thing well known and celebrated . All these Saints per- form miracles , up to the present day . The floor of this church is all of the largest - sized flags , hard and thin , of two fingers ...
... brought back by the next morning . This is a thing well known and celebrated . All these Saints per- form miracles , up to the present day . The floor of this church is all of the largest - sized flags , hard and thin , of two fingers ...
Page 193
... brought from Cherson , as we mentioned formerly , with the doors of the church ; which resemble those of St. Sophia , and are of beautiful yellow brass , with portraits , and the festivals of Our Lord , figured upon them . For this ...
... brought from Cherson , as we mentioned formerly , with the doors of the church ; which resemble those of St. Sophia , and are of beautiful yellow brass , with portraits , and the festivals of Our Lord , figured upon them . For this ...
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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