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Page 41
Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further ' must lave
themselves at the fountain in the midst of the open court . Once , I suppose , the
Christian dogs had to unshoe themselves as well , but it has been discovered
that ...
Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further ' must lave
themselves at the fountain in the midst of the open court . Once , I suppose , the
Christian dogs had to unshoe themselves as well , but it has been discovered
that ...
Page 57
... quite overshadowing the others , which became of very small importance in
planning the shrine . But still the other three tended to grow somewhat larger than
at first , until at last there came to be four well - defined transepts , forming with
the ...
... quite overshadowing the others , which became of very small importance in
planning the shrine . But still the other three tended to grow somewhat larger than
at first , until at last there came to be four well - defined transepts , forming with
the ...
Page 59
The ultimate result is a confused recollection of a score of unfrequented shrines ,
untenanted pulpits , windows of wonderful arabesque tracery , walls adorned
with gilded texts , — but only in a rare instance will it be found that any such
edifice ...
The ultimate result is a confused recollection of a score of unfrequented shrines ,
untenanted pulpits , windows of wonderful arabesque tracery , walls adorned
with gilded texts , — but only in a rare instance will it be found that any such
edifice ...
Page 87
There is another large Coptic church not many rods away , gloriously furbished
up and restored after the blatant manner of most restorations ; but it cannot
compare with the delightful old shrine of St . Sergius , where the ancient worship
still ...
There is another large Coptic church not many rods away , gloriously furbished
up and restored after the blatant manner of most restorations ; but it cannot
compare with the delightful old shrine of St . Sergius , where the ancient worship
still ...
Page 93
Philip Sanford Marden. said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb
and shrine as a preparation of the visitor to understand them . By far the larger
portion of the surviving relics of the remoter ages is made up of the burial - places
.
Philip Sanford Marden. said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb
and shrine as a preparation of the visitor to understand them . By far the larger
portion of the surviving relics of the remoter ages is made up of the burial - places
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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