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The sacred city of the Ethiopians; being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893, by J. Theodore Bent ... With a chapter by Prof. H. D. Müller, On the inscriptions from Yeha and Aksum, and an appendix On the morphological character of the Abyssinians, by J. G. Garson ...
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1893 Bent
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inscriptions--Ethiopia.
- Inscriptions.
- Ethiopia--Description and travel.
- Ethiopia.
- Āksum (Ethiopia).
- Yeha (Ethiopia).
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1893.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1893.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 309 p. illus., plates, fold.map, fold.facsims. 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London and New York, Longmans, Green, and co., 1893.
- Contents:
- Arrival in Ethiopia
- Stay at Asmara
- Expedition to the monastery of Bizen
- Journey northwards
- On the road to Adoua
- The Portuguese episode
- Stay at adoua
- Expedition to Yeha and its archæological results
- The sacred city of the Ethiopians
- On the antiquities of Aksum
- On the return journey
- The ruined cities near the coast
- Inscriptions from Yeha and Aksum, by Dr. David Heinrich Müller
- Appendix: on the morphological characters of the Abyssinians, by J. G. Garson
- Index.
- Notes:
- Contains index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in dark red cloth with image of man on horse in gold on front cover. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Feb 12 1894."
- OCLC:
- 3142665
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