 | 1846 - 602 oldal
...of fifty of them may still be seen. We descended gradually between the rocks, and saw before us ihe two middle convents, Deir Amba Bischoi and St. Soriani, or the Syrian convent. They were of fthe same decriplion as St. Abou Magar, but larger and in better preservation, particularly the latter.... | |
 | 1846 - 352 oldal
...on the mountain and in the valley of Nitria, and thai the ruins of fifty of them may still be seen. We descended gradually between the rocks, and saw...and in better preservation, particularly the latter. Our tent was pitched beneath the walls of St. Soriani : Mr. Tattam immediately entered the convent,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - 1846 - 638 oldal
...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...and in better preservation, particularly the latter. Our tent was pitched beneath the walls of St. Soriani : Mr. Tattam immediately entered the convent,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - 1846 - 634 oldal
...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...same description as St. Abou Magar, but larger and jn better preservation, particularly the latter. Our tent was pitched beneath the walls of St. Soriani:... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - 1846 - 636 oldal
...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...the two middle convents, Deir Amba Bischoi and St. Sorinni, or the Syrian convent. They were of the same description as St. Abou Magar, but larger and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 610 oldal
...on the mountain and in the valley of Nitria, and that the ruins of filly of them may still be seen. We descended gradually between the rocks, and saw before us the two middle convents, Deir Amba Bisrhoi and St. Soriani, or the Syrian convent. They were of the same decription as St. Abou Magar.... | |
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... 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... 