Image from page 149 of "An account of the
manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years
1833-1835"
Author: Lane, Edward William, 1801-1876
Text Appearing Before Image:
The lantern here represented, which is constructed
of wood, and painted green, red, white, and blue, is called tureiya (the Arabic
name of the Pleiades), and, together with the frame above, from which six lamps
are suspended, and which is termed khatim Suleyman (or Solomons seal), composes
what is called a heml kanadeel.
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