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- Title The Abyssinian Proof
- Author Jenny White
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- Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Great Britain
- Date 2008
- ISBN 9780297851844
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The Abyssinian Proof
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The Abyssinian Proof
by Jenny B. White
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, UK, 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback. 344 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, UK, 2008. *** CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine empire, as 7000 armed men prepare to defend the city against the might of the Ottoman Turks, Isaak and his family are entrusted with a purple velvet bundle. Inside is a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and an inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. The daughter asks her father 'What's inside?' He replies 'This contains the proof of God'. In Istanbul in 1887, the local magistrate, Kamil Pasha, is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. In addition, there has…
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