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Page 118
... bells in the tower ; and entering the church , they formed a large congregation . There we alighted . The church is very magnificent and lofty , and has two elegant cupolas with many crosses ; for the gilding alone of which , it is said ...
... bells in the tower ; and entering the church , they formed a large congregation . There we alighted . The church is very magnificent and lofty , and has two elegant cupolas with many crosses ; for the gilding alone of which , it is said ...
Page 211
... bells . It also contains the great iron clock , the sound of which is heard to a wide circuit . The works are closed up in a small room . Every quarter of an hour it strikes once , on a fine - toned bell ; and when the hour is complete ...
... bells . It also contains the great iron clock , the sound of which is heard to a wide circuit . The works are closed up in a small room . Every quarter of an hour it strikes once , on a fine - toned bell ; and when the hour is complete ...
Page 220
... bell we went up to look at it ; and we saw , to our astonish- ment , that it was larger , seven or eight times larger , than the bell of the Convent of Yahāriska , having the appearance of a vast tent . The iron tongue or clapper was ...
... bell we went up to look at it ; and we saw , to our astonish- ment , that it was larger , seven or eight times larger , than the bell of the Convent of Yahāriska , having the appearance of a vast tent . The iron tongue or clapper was ...
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afterwards Akhmil Arabic Archimandrite attended banquet Basil the Macedonian beautiful Beg of Moldavia Beg of Wallachia Beg sent Beg's bells Bishops blessing called calpack castle censer ceremony chair chaunt choir Christ church Clergy cloth coach Constantine Corta Cossack country Cossacks Crâl cross cupolas custom Deacons deceased door Easter Emperor entered Feast Festival gardens gate gold Gospel Grandees Greek hand handsome Heads of Convents Holy horses houses Iconostasis incense inhabitants Jews Khatman Akhmil Kiov kissed lofty Lord the Patriarch magnificent manner mass Matthi Beg Metropolitan miles Monks morning Moscow Muscovites Nicolas Oriental Translation painted palace passed Patriarch of Antioch Paul of Aleppo Persian person piastres Poles Prayer of Absolution present Priests Prince recited river robes round royal door saying SECT Silistria silver sprinkled standing stood Sunday Tabernacle Tartars thurible took town troops Turks Vasili Voivoda Wallachia walls whilst whole Zenobius ثم علي