Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873 · London : J. Murray · leaf 37
miazin and one or two others, are muchsmaller buildings than those of the Greeks ; they areconstructed after the same model, however, being sur-rounded with a high blank wall. Their churches areseldom surmounted by a dome, but are usually in theform of a small barn, with a high pitched roof,… … KOOKD, OR NATTVK OF KOORDISTAUN. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. XXIX small size, have an imposing appearance from their airof massive strength. The cells of the Armenianmonks look into the courtyard, which is a remarkablefact in that country, where the rest of the inhabitantsdwell in burrows underground…
Monasteries -- Middle East · Middle East -- Description and travel
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