Oriental Customs, Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures: By an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded to : Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent CriticsWhittingham, 1807 - 431 pages |
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... seal . ] The very ancient custom of sealing dispatches with a seal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PocoсKE says , ( Travels , vol . i . p . 186. notes ) " in Egypt they make the im- pression of their name ...
... seal . ] The very ancient custom of sealing dispatches with a seal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PocoсKE says , ( Travels , vol . i . p . 186. notes ) " in Egypt they make the im- pression of their name ...
Page 90
... seal on the bags . In the East , in the present times , a bag of money passes ( for some time at least ) currently from hand to hand , under the authority of a banker's seal , without any examination of its contents . " No. 135.-xx. 13 ...
... seal on the bags . In the East , in the present times , a bag of money passes ( for some time at least ) currently from hand to hand , under the authority of a banker's seal , without any examination of its contents . " No. 135.-xx. 13 ...
Page 95
... sealing them . ” ( Niebuhr , p . 90. ) The Persians make up their letters in " a roll about six inches long , and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum , and sealed with an impres- sion of ink , which resembles our printer's ink ...
... sealing them . ” ( Niebuhr , p . 90. ) The Persians make up their letters in " a roll about six inches long , and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum , and sealed with an impres- sion of ink , which resembles our printer's ink ...
Page 103
... seal upon the knot , and so sent them to the party to whom they were directed , who cutting the string opened and read them . But on the invention of the Egyptian papy- rus for this use , all the other ways of writing were soon ...
... seal upon the knot , and so sent them to the party to whom they were directed , who cutting the string opened and read them . But on the invention of the Egyptian papy- rus for this use , all the other ways of writing were soon ...
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... sealing . Of this we have a bright instance in the second book of Esdras : " Wheresoever thou findest the dead , seal them , and bury them ; " that is , express the benevolent prayer which is in use amongst the Jews to this day : May he ...
... sealing . Of this we have a bright instance in the second book of Esdras : " Wheresoever thou findest the dead , seal them , and bury them ; " that is , express the benevolent prayer which is in use amongst the Jews to this day : May he ...
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