Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 64
ical importance. In a.d. 886, 904, and 912it was attacked by the Mohammedans, and in 1185 was sacked by theNormans of Sicily. In a.d. 1204 it passed under the authority of aFrankish ruler, but became once more Byzantine in a.d. 1328, falling atlast to the Turks in the fifteenth century. The… … Fig. 21. Limestone niche of the sixth-seventh century in the Cairo Museum. (Catalogue general: Koptische Kunst, No. 7300.) Holy Mountain of the Christian East. The monks who sought its shelterand seclusion were natives of the most varied regions, coming from Servia,Georgia, and Russia, no less than…
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