Mount Sinai : a history of travellers and pilgrims /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Manginis, George (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Haus Publishing Ltd, 2016.
Series:Armchair Traveller's History.
Subjects:
Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Egypt > Sinai, Mount.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Travel.
Sinai, Mount (Egypt) > History.
Sinai, Mount (Egypt) > Description and travel.
Sinaï, Mont (Égypte) > Histoire.
Sinaï, Mont (Égypte) > Descriptions et voyages.
Egypt > Mount Sinai.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Geography
  • Place Names
  • Geomorphology
  • Climate
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Chapter 1
  • People of the Desert
  • Anchorites
  • Uneasy Symbiosis
  • Early Buildings
  • Early Narrations
  • Holy Wilderness
  • Chapter 2
  • Justinian's Project
  • The Monastic Ultimate
  • Imperial Landscape
  • Chapter 3
  • The Early Islamic Period
  • The Age of Pilgrimage
  • The Ottoman Period
  • Place of Devotion
  • Chapter 4
  • Sinai Questioned
  • Orthodox Christianity
  • Rapacious Scholars
  • Sinai Represented
  • Intrepid Tourists
  • Object of Enquiry
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • List of Pilgrims and Travellers
  • Image Credits
  • Bibliography

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