Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873 · London : J. Murray · leaf 490
siou, this was the only monastery where theagoumenos kissed the letter of the patriarch and laidit upon his forehead: the sign of reverence and obedi-ence which is, or ought to be, observed with thefirmans of the Sultan and other oriental potentates. The same evening I got back to my… … From a Sliolcli by It. Ci.rri riFW OF THK MONASTER V AND AQLEDUrT OF SI.MOPKTRA, ON MOrNT ATHO«,TAKKN FROAI THR SRA SHOR R. Chap. XXVII. 3I0NASTERY OF SIMOPETRA. 427 do the honours of the house, and accordingly dinedwith me. He was a magnificent-looking man ofthirty or thirty-five years of age,…
Monasteries -- Middle East · Middle East -- Description and travel
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