Visits To Monasteries In The Levant
Robert Curzon
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HONBLE. ROBERT CURZON, JUN.
HONBLE. ROBERT CURZON, JUN.
From a Sketch by R. Curzon. Interior of the Court of a Greek Monastery. A monk is calling the congregation to prayer, by beating a board called the simandro (σιμανδρο) which is generally used instead of bells. WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1849. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ I n presenting to the public another book of travels in the East, when it is already overwhelmed with little volumes about palm-trees and camels, and reflections on the Pyramids, I am aw
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