Volume 1

A pilgrimage to the land of my fathers / [Moses Margoliouth].

  • Margoliouth, Moses, 1820-1881.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A pilgrimage to the land of my fathers / [Moses Margoliouth]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. LETTER I. TO DR. EYSSENHARDT, BERLIN. Page Impressions of Paris — Monuments —■ Obelisk of Luxor— Museums, libraries—Archaeological curiosities—The effect of the French connexion with Algiers, &c. . .1 LETTER II. TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. Conjecture as to the origin of the inscriptions in the Wady Mokatteb—The Bible the best guide-book—Num. xi. 26— Eldad and Medad—Lord Lindsay’s observation—A compa¬ rison between ancient and modern maps—The Bibliotheque Royale—Contents of the Syriac MS. found at Canton, 1628 —Zodiac of Denderah—The Louvre—Effigy of Hesus 6