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 Critics, Volume 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 - Bible |
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Page 82
... seal . ] The very ancient custom of sealing dispatches with a scal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PоCOCKE 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 scal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PоCOCKE 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 ...
Page 106
... 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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