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'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [118] (151/450)
The record is made up of 1 volume (410 pages). It was created in 1836. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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1]8 . CHURCH OF MAR TOMA. [CH. XVIL
I again visited Mar Elias for the purpose of re
touching my sketch, in some particulars in which I
thought it doubtful. I now think that the flatness
of the arch of the roof may have proceeded from its
subsiding. I have had the inscription on the slab
in the verandah, or gallery, before the tomb oi Mar
Elia, copied. It imports that it was repaired by
Khojah Yusuff Ibn Hindi*, and Kas Ishoua, and
Mukdussi abdul Hiyya, and Khan Zadel, at the
instigation ol Shemas Isa, and the aichitect ^iis
Kas Hormuz, in the year A.d . 1316, of the Greeks
1667t.
FehvuctYy 4.—"I went to town to-day to inspect
the principal churches, and first that ol Mar loma,
or St. Thomas the Apostle, the archiepiscopal Jacobite
church of Mousul, which I found worthy of a sketch.
I executed it on the spot to the great admiration ot
the people, who were delighted to see their church
thought worthy of such an honour by a European,
In the sanctuary are three altars, which are, as usual,
mean kinds of sentry-boxes, or thrones of painted
wood, with canopies of the same over them. The
* This is the family of our old friend the Chaldean Catholic,
patriarch of Diarbekir, whose ancestor, Joseph, the first Catholic
patriarch of the name, was appointed by Pope Innocent II. I he
Nestorlan patriarchs abandoned Diarbekir on account oi the pre
ponderance of the Catholics, and betook themselves to the moun
tains of Julamcrk, about the year 1560, under the patriarch
Simeon, which name has been retained ever since by these
patriarchs.
t Vide Note, p. 155.
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Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.
Author: Claudius James Rich.
Contributor: Mary Rich.
Publication Details: London: James Duncan, Paternoster Row.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-viii); with map, plan and illustrations; octavo.
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- 1 volume (410 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.
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- 'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:8, 1:14, 14a:14b, 15:28, 28a:28b, 29:34, 34a:34b, 35:84, 84a:84b, 85:98, 98a:98b, 99:110, 110a:110b, 111:128, 128a:128b, 129:410, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Rich, Claudius James
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