The History of Yaballaha III, Nestorian Patriarch, and of His Vicar, Bar Sauma, Mongol Ambassador to the Frankish Courts at the End of the Thirteenth Century |
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The History of Yaballaha III, Nestorian Patriarch, and of His Vicar Bar ... James A. Montgomery No preview available - 2018 |
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13th century Adharbaijan Ahmad altar ancient Apostle Arabic arrived Asia Assemani Baghdad Baidu Bar Hebræus Bar Sauma Bedjan Biography bishops blessed Cardinals Cathay Catholicus Chabot China Chinese Christ Christian Chron cited clergy Columbia University consecrated Cordier court Crusade document East Eastern embassy emirs Father gave Gaykhatu Ghazan gifts Greek Holy honor Hulagu Ilkhan Jerusalem journey Kaidu Khotan King Abaga King Arghon King Kaikatho Kublai Khan Lake Urmia lands Lateran Latin letters Lord Mar Yaballaha Maragha Marco Polo Marucchi Mary Metropolitan mission monastery Mongols monks Mosheim Mosul Muslim Nisibis Oriental Papal Patriarch Pelliot Persian Pope Nicholas IV present Professor of History Rabban Bar Sauma Rabban Markos Rabban Sauma Raynald received benedictions relics Reverend Catholicus Reverend Pope Rome royal saints semantra sent shrines story Sunday Syriac T'oung Pao thee thence thou throne translation West Yule Yule-Cordier
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Page 30 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou earnest out of the womb I consecrated thee
Page 59 - I may add that they have at Rome a napkin of this stuff, which the Grand Kaan sent to the Pope to make a wrapper for the Holy Sudarium of Jesus Christ.
Page 27 - have grown so powerful in those parts that they will not allow a Christian of another rite to have ever so small
Page 34 - whole world and lose his own soul, and what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Page 10 - Abagha, the Tartar Khan of Persia, proposed to him an offensive alliance against the common enemy of the Moguls and Christians.
Page 72 - But since thou hast come from a far country, we will give thee a few." And he gave him a small relic from the garment of Our Lord Christ, and from the
Page 77 - to certain very great lords also there is given a tablet with gerfalcons on it.
Page 61 - has four grand fluted bronze columns, said to have been brought from Jerusalem by Titus, and to be hollow and filled with earth from Palestine.
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