The sacred city of the Ethiopians, being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893 (1896)
Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897, Müller, David Heinrich, 1846-1912, Garson, J. G. (John George) · London ; New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 153
129 STAY AT ADOUA rate pattern of Byzantine style, are inserted into all the angles, acting as supports and decoration to the doors ; the outer court was strewn with grass, and contained a collection of drums and musical instru- ments for the services. The pictures, too, are good and elaborate —… … CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, ADOUA above water, struck us as peculiarly realistic and quaint, whilst the crowds beneath the water are re- presented by neat rows of five swords or six guns. It was here in the church of the Saviour of the World that I espied a picture cast on one side, for the…
