 | James Bruce - 1804 - Страниц: 560
...of the retinue of the sovereigns of Axum, where they were kept in the days of Cosmas Indoplaustes ; and the Anbasa-bet is still distinguished in the ruins...provisions. In this they observed the distinction between clean and unclean beasts •, a part of the Jewish law, which is still retained in Habbesh. AH Mahometans... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - Страниц: 342
...tribe of Judah, to indicate the descent of its kings from Solomon ; a fiction, it may be presumed, by which the clergy flattered the vanity of the monarch and preserved the relic of a custom older than Christianity. In the fair season of the year his majesty was always... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - Страниц: 456
...tribe of Judah, to indicate the descent of its kings from Solomon ; a fiction, it may be presumed, by which the clergy flattered the vanity of the monarch and preserved the relic of a custom older than Christianity. In the fair season of the year his majesty was always... | |
 | 1837 - Страниц: 348
...tribe of Judah, to indicate the descent of its kings from Solomon ; a fiction, it may be presumed, by which the clergy flattered the vanity of the monarch and preserved the relic of a custom older than Christianity. In the fair season of the year his majesty was always... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1842 - Страниц: 342
...tribe of Judah, to indicate the descent of its kings from Solomon ; a fiction, it may be presumed, by which the clergy flattered the vanity of the monarch and preserved the relic of a custom older than Christianity. In the fair season of the year his majesty was always... | |
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... of David ; after which the coffin is placed in the sepulchre of the kings in presence of the imperial family and nobles. It is well known that the royal standard of Abyssinia displays the lion of the tribe of Judah, to indicate the descent of its... 