 | John Lewis Burckhardt - Arabian Peninsula - 1829 - 454 pages
...placed in chests on the ground. Among these, may be particularly mentioned a copy of the Koran, in Curie characters, kept there as a precious relic, from having...visible at a great distance from the town ; and the visiters coming to Medina, as soon as they catch the sight of it, repeat certain prayers. The covering... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...mosaic. The whole of this enclosure is surmounted by a fine lofty cupola, rising far above the domes on the roof of the colonnades, and visible at a great distance from the town ; it is covered with • The vulgar story long prevalent in Christendom, which suspended the Prophet's... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1846 - 726 pages
...curtains, which are lighted every evening and remain burning all night. The whole of the enclosure is covered with a fine lofty dome rising far above the domes which form the roof o! the colonnades, and is visible at a great distance from the town. As soon as pilgrims to Medina... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1846 - 732 pages
...curtains, which are lighted every evening and remain burning all night. The whole of the enclosure is covered with a fine lofty dome rising far above the domes which form the roof ol the colonnades, and is visible at a great distance from the town. As soon as pilgrims to Medina... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 738 pages
...curtains, which are lighted every evening and remain burning all night. The whole of the enclosure is covered with a fine lofty dome rising far above...the domes which form the roof of the colonnades, and is visible at a great distance from the town. As soon as pilgrims to Medina catch sight of it they... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 650 pages
...whose office it is to clean the floor and light the lamps. The whole of the inclosure is covered with a lofty dome, rising far above the domes which form...colonnades, and visible at a great distance from the town. As soon as pilgrims to Medina catch sight of it they repeat some prayers. The inhabitants of Medina,... | |
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... coloured marble in mosaic : here glass lamps are suspended all round the curtains, which are lighted every evening, and remain burning all night. The whole of this enclosure, or Hedjra, is covered with a fine lofty dome, rising far above the domes... 