Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873 · London : J. Murray · leaf 145
he ground on the skin of some great wildbeast, which did duty as a carpet. This room wasalso their library, and on my remarking the number ofbooks which I saw around me they seemed proud oftheir collection, and told me that there were not manysuch libraries as this in their country. There… … Chap. VIII. AN ABYSSINIAN LIBRARY. 97 cumulation of manuscripts, considering the barbarousstate of the country from which they came. The disposition of the manuscripts in this librarywas very original. I have had no means of ascertain-ing whether all the libraries of Abyssinia are arrangedin the…
Monasteries -- Middle East · Middle East -- Description and travel
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