Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 137
... rest awhile . And whereas this distance of sixty versts is one day's journey on horseback only , they used to arrive on foot in three or four days , at the soonest . This monastery , with them , holds the place of Jerusalem , of the ...
... rest awhile . And whereas this distance of sixty versts is one day's journey on horseback only , they used to arrive on foot in three or four days , at the soonest . This monastery , with them , holds the place of Jerusalem , of the ...
Page 141
... rest . But sleep for us there was none ; for the gnats , bugs , and fleas , were more numerous than the grains of dust on the ground ; and the insect with us called Allah la yebārak fihi ( l ) , " May God not prosper it , ” in this ...
... rest . But sleep for us there was none ; for the gnats , bugs , and fleas , were more numerous than the grains of dust on the ground ; and the insect with us called Allah la yebārak fihi ( l ) , " May God not prosper it , ” in this ...
Page 153
... rest of us , before we had eaten any thing , so that our insides were inflated . Afterwards , they presented the bread ; next , plates of fish to each , one by one , as an alms on the part of the souls of the deceased . They all , from ...
... rest of us , before we had eaten any thing , so that our insides were inflated . Afterwards , they presented the bread ; next , plates of fish to each , one by one , as an alms on the part of the souls of the deceased . They all , from ...
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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