The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 309 pages |
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... A QUOLQUOL FOREST PAGE • 3 8 10 • 13 19 • 20 ANKLET , EARPICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS , WOMAN'S • RAS ALULA'S PALACE , ASMARA EARPICK AND HAIRPIN NECKLACE WOMAN'S DRESS • • 21 23 WICKER GOBLET , WOODEN PILLOW , HORN GOBLET , AND.
... A QUOLQUOL FOREST PAGE • 3 8 10 • 13 19 • 20 ANKLET , EARPICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS , WOMAN'S • RAS ALULA'S PALACE , ASMARA EARPICK AND HAIRPIN NECKLACE WOMAN'S DRESS • • 21 23 WICKER GOBLET , WOODEN PILLOW , HORN GOBLET , AND.
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... CROSS , WOODEN CRUTCH , AND MITRE PAINTINGS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AT ADDI RAS WOMAN BATHING IN THE SACRED STREAM PRIEST'S FLY - FLAP • CROSS ON CHURCH OF AMBA DERHO ; CHURCH WINDOWS CHURCH OF AMBA DERHO . 28 • 29 32 38 40 · 42 50 52 55 ...
... CROSS , WOODEN CRUTCH , AND MITRE PAINTINGS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AT ADDI RAS WOMAN BATHING IN THE SACRED STREAM PRIEST'S FLY - FLAP • CROSS ON CHURCH OF AMBA DERHO ; CHURCH WINDOWS CHURCH OF AMBA DERHO . 28 • 29 32 38 40 · 42 50 52 55 ...
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... cross the fron- tier to Adoua and Aksum , the goal of our desires . This struggle between Ras Alula and Ras Manga- shah for the lordship of Tigrè will have to be fre- quently alluded to in these pages ; consequently , it will be as well ...
... cross the fron- tier to Adoua and Aksum , the goal of our desires . This struggle between Ras Alula and Ras Manga- shah for the lordship of Tigrè will have to be fre- quently alluded to in these pages ; consequently , it will be as well ...
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... load , it was exceed- ingly hot , and we were all thoroughly tired when , after a three hours ' ride over a succession of. FITAURARI ( GENERAL ) JOHN ANKLET , EAR - PICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS. 10 THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS.
... load , it was exceed- ingly hot , and we were all thoroughly tired when , after a three hours ' ride over a succession of. FITAURARI ( GENERAL ) JOHN ANKLET , EAR - PICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS. 10 THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS.
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... date Greek silver- smiths were found at Adoua and Gondar . One Greek , Apostoli by name , is reputed to have. ANKLET , EAR - PICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS , WOMAN'S NECKLACE of wood ; it has the cornua , or horns. STAY AT ASMARA 21.
... date Greek silver- smiths were found at Adoua and Gondar . One Greek , Apostoli by name , is reputed to have. ANKLET , EAR - PICK , CHILD'S NECKLACE AND CROSS , WOMAN'S NECKLACE of wood ; it has the cornua , or horns. STAY AT ASMARA 21.
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