The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... edit . , notices a MS . in the British Museum , ( Cotton . Galba , i . 18 , ) containing the Lord's Prayer in Greek , written in Anglo - Saxon characters , which proves the pronunciation to have been the same in the eighth century as at ...
... edit . , notices a MS . in the British Museum , ( Cotton . Galba , i . 18 , ) containing the Lord's Prayer in Greek , written in Anglo - Saxon characters , which proves the pronunciation to have been the same in the eighth century as at ...
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... edit . ) He men- tions frequent incursions of the Sclavonians into Illyria and Thrace ; and in alluding to this very expedition in the secret history , he connects the Huns , Sclavonians , and Antes , together as allies , ( c . 18 , p ...
... edit . ) He men- tions frequent incursions of the Sclavonians into Illyria and Thrace ; and in alluding to this very expedition in the secret history , he connects the Huns , Sclavonians , and Antes , together as allies , ( c . 18 , p ...
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... ( edit . Scheffer . ) The spirit of the warlike Sclavonians , at the period they poured their conquering armies into the Eastern Empire , is described in Menander , Corpus Hist . Byzantinæ , p . 406 , edit . Bonn ; p . 165 , edit . Paris ...
... ( edit . Scheffer . ) The spirit of the warlike Sclavonians , at the period they poured their conquering armies into the Eastern Empire , is described in Menander , Corpus Hist . Byzantinæ , p . 406 , edit . Bonn ; p . 165 , edit . Paris ...
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... edit . Bonn . 2 Ibid . , p . 334. - The conquest of the Antæ , a numerous Sclavonian race , is mentioned , p . 285. See Schafarik's Slarische Alterthümer , i . 68. The impor- tance of the Sclavonian colonies in Macedonia , and their ...
... edit . Bonn . 2 Ibid . , p . 334. - The conquest of the Antæ , a numerous Sclavonian race , is mentioned , p . 285. See Schafarik's Slarische Alterthümer , i . 68. The impor- tance of the Sclavonian colonies in Macedonia , and their ...
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... edit . Bonn , and Le Quien , Oriens Christianus , ii . 216. The MS . chronicle of Monemvasia , in the library of Turin , mentioned by Fallmerayer , ought to throw some light on this subject . 2 See the learned exposition of all that ...
... edit . Bonn , and Le Quien , Oriens Christianus , ii . 216. The MS . chronicle of Monemvasia , in the library of Turin , mentioned by Fallmerayer , ought to throw some light on this subject . 2 See the learned exposition of all that ...
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