Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 137
... 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 Church of the Resurrection , and of all the sacred ...
... 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 Church of the Resurrection , and of all the sacred ...
Page 177
... versts , through an immense forest of wild poplar - trees , and fir and larch , resembling planted parks ; and arrived in the evening at a pretty village belonging to the Patriarch , which he had leased to his convent , called Midna ...
... versts , through an immense forest of wild poplar - trees , and fir and larch , resembling planted parks ; and arrived in the evening at a pretty village belonging to the Patriarch , which he had leased to his convent , called Midna ...
Page 182
... versts , stopped for the night , being on our road to Novogorod . As we mentioned before , from this convent to that city the distance is about one hundred and fifty versts . To say the truth , this road to Novogorod is the road to Hell ...
... versts , stopped for the night , being on our road to Novogorod . As we mentioned before , from this convent to that city the distance is about one hundred and fifty versts . To say the truth , this road to Novogorod is the road to Hell ...
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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