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 79
EXPEDITION TO THE MONASTERY OF BIZEN 55 a priest entirely enveloped in pnrple cloaks, so that not even his face was visible ; and on the top of his head he carried the sacred picture of Asmara covered with a cloth, so that vulgar eyes might not rest upon it. Over twenty of these oddly-decorated… … SILVER CROSS WOODEN CRUTCH MITRE brellas, some silver crosses, some sacred books, wound their way towards the stream. About ten yards from the water was pitched a large tent of red cloth, erected for the benefit of the priests who wished to change their robes unobserved. When all were assembled on…
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