Journal [by miss Platt] of a tour through Egypt, the peninsula of Sinai, and the Holy land, in 1838, 1839, 1. kötetprivate circulation, 1841 |
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accompanied Alexandria amongst amusing ancient appearance arrived beautiful Bedouins Bishop boat breakfast Brettell brought cabin Caïro called camels caravan Christian coffee Colonel Campbell Comeh comfortable convent Coptic Christians Coptic churches Copts corbac crew dark deck deep delightful Dendera Desert dined distance divân donkeys doura Egyptian English Esneh European exceedingly exiled band eyes Fanny Fremantle friends Gheneh Girgeh going hyæna Ibrahim Pasha journey Krusé ladies Lieder Liturgies look Medinet ment miles Miss Holliday Mohamed morning mountains muskee Natron nearly night Nile Nitria ourselves party Pasha passed present priests Ramadan Reis residing Rhoda Rhône river rooms round ruins sand scene Scriptures seated servant Service shewed shore side soon steamer Sunday sunset Syria Tattam temple tent Thebes to-day took town travelling Upper Egypt valley vessel voyage walk walls western bank wind
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37. oldal - And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone ; 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called the Fair Havens ; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
273. oldal - ... length produced the key of the apartment where the other books were kept, and admitted him. After looking them over he went to the superior's room, where all the priests were assembled, about fifteen or sixteen in number: one of them brought a Coptic and Arabic selim, or lexicon, which Mr. Tattam wished to purchase, but they informed him that they could not part with it, as it was forbidden to be taken away by an interdiction at the end, but they consented to make him a copy. He paid for two...
271. oldal - Our tent was pitched beneath the walls of St. Soriani : Mr. Tattam immediately entered the convent, where pipes and coffee were brought him ; after which the priests conducted him to their churches, and showed him the books used in them. They then desired to know his object in visiting them ; upon which he cautiously opened his commission by saying that he wished to see their books. They replied that they had no more than what he had seen in the church ; upon which he told them plainly that he knew...
267. oldal - The first object on which our eyes rested, as we eat at breakfast in the tent, was the solitary convent of Abou Magar (St. Macarius), a desolate-looking building, like a fortress surrounded by the sea. It is enclosed by a high plastered wall, containing a space of about 300 by 200 feet. Within this area are built the church, the convent itself, a strong tower, and a small chapel, which, according to the account given by the monks, dates its origin as far back as the fifth century. There is not a...
273. oldal - Arabic manuscripts, principally liturgies, with a beautiful copy of the Gospels. He then asked to see the rest; the priests looked surprised to find he knew of others, and seemed at first disposed to deny that they had any more, but at length produced the key of the apartment where the other books were kept...
279. oldal - ... with arches at each end, perfectly dark, and so strewn with loose leaves of old liturgies that scarcely a portion of the floor was visible ; and here we were all fully occupied in making diligent search, each with a lighted taper, and a stick to turn up old fragments. In some parts the manuscripts lay a quarter of a yard deep, and the amazing quantity of dust- was almost choking, accompanied by a damp and fetid smell, nearly as bad as in the Tombs of the Kings. We did not find anything really...
245. oldal - I believed the promise was verified with us, that " where two or three are met together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
270. oldal - ... once been much more extensive. ' As we crossed the ridge of hills separating the two valleys we observed the remains of many convents. The monks state that there were formerly three hundred and sixty on the mountain and in the valley of Nitria, and that the ruins of fifty of them may still be seen. We descended gradually between the rocks, and saw before us the two middle convents, Deir Amba Bischoi and St. Soriani, or the Syrian convent. They were of the same description as St. Abou Magar, but...
272. oldal - He selected six quarto volumes and took them to the superior's room. He was next shown a room in the tower, where he found a number of Coptic and Arabic manuscripts, principally liturgies, with a beautiful copy of the Gospels.
279. oldal - Into the monastery of Amba-Bischoi, after some reluctance on the part of the monks to open their door to a lady, Miss Platt was herself admitted : — ' On the ground-floor was a vaulted apartment, very lofty, with arches at each end, perfectly dark, and so strewn with loose leaves of old liturgies that scarcely a portion of the floor was visible ; and here we were all fully occupied in making diligent search, each with a lighted taper, and a stick to turn up old fragments. In some parts the manuscripts...