...authorities, a short view of the Abyssinian constitution, such as it appears to have been in the better dr.ys of the empire. Its object is to enumerate the ceremonies...rather to ascribe these customs to Solomon, whose son, Mcnilec, they vainly account the parent of their royal family. " We write (says the author of the MS....

...etiquette and costume of the Abyssinian court were borrowed, in early times, from Hamyar, in Arabia, then subject to the Persians, by the kings of Axum,...magnificence and retired majesty of the " Great King." The arts and mechanical professions are, for the most part, in the hands of foreigners and native Jews...

...etiquette and costume of the Abyssinian court were borrowed, in early times, from Hamyar, in Arabia, then subject to the Persians, by the kings of Axum,...magnificence and retired majesty of the " Great King." The arts and mechanical professions are, for the most part, in the hands of foreigners and native Jews...

...Persian customs, and Galla barbarism, are all strangely blended in their national characteristics. What may be called, in familiar language, the etiquette...Hamyar, then subject to the Persians, by the kings of Arum, who strove to emulate the magnificence and retired majesty of the Great King. The arts and mechanical...