Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 116
... gate , towards the palace , is an image of the Virgin , on a chair or throne , with the Heads of the Muscovite Clergy humbling themselves before her . On the top is the great clock - tower of such extraordinary dimensions . At the second ...
... gate , towards the palace , is an image of the Virgin , on a chair or throne , with the Heads of the Muscovite Clergy humbling themselves before her . On the top is the great clock - tower of such extraordinary dimensions . At the second ...
Page 117
... Gate " ; because by this gate they go out to draw water from the river Moscwa , which flows near it . By it , also , they go out , on the Day of Immersion , and on the first day of the month of Ab , to perform ' Ayiaròs in the river ...
... Gate " ; because by this gate they go out to draw water from the river Moscwa , which flows near it . By it , also , they go out , on the Day of Immersion , and on the first day of the month of Ab , to perform ' Ayiaròs in the river ...
Page 118
... gate , with their muskets and accoutrements . At each of the gates , also , is a number of beautiful large and small cannon , upon wheels ; and every gate has tortuosities and crooked turns ; not straight passages , like those of the gate ...
... gate , with their muskets and accoutrements . At each of the gates , also , is a number of beautiful large and small cannon , upon wheels ; and every gate has tortuosities and crooked turns ; not straight passages , like those of the gate ...
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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