. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. nverted into a house of God, its Byzantine arches of coloured stone giving it the appearanceof an eastern building. Adjoining it is the beautiful early-pointed Gothic church of our the left the more ancient Roman gateway called the Porta Nigra. On all sides, mixed up withmarketable commodities of all colours, booths, and benches, and tables for the sale of rosaries, trinkets,and pictures of the holy robe, lie on straw, which is strewn for the purpose, the various groups ofpilgrims in all the different costumes of their
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. nverted into a house of God, its Byzantine arches of coloured stone giving it the appearanceof an eastern building. Adjoining it is the beautiful early-pointed Gothic church of our the left the more ancient Roman gateway called the Porta Nigra. On all sides, mixed up withmarketable commodities of all colours, booths, and benches, and tables for the sale of rosaries, trinkets,and pictures of the holy robe, lie on straw, which is strewn for the purpose, the various groups ofpilgrims in all the different costumes of their several countries. Some are still praying, alwaysaloud, some spreading the frugal meal, or boiling their kettles of brass, or quietly sleeping awaythe fatigues of many a mile. On one hand you still hear the sacred chant or the simple hymn,on the other the more boisterous song of mirth, for the beer-glass and the flask are not wantingto fill up the measure of variety. Six weeks were appointed for the duration of the exposition of the holy robe, but in consequence. [OROH OF TH I I REYES. 148 THE RHINE BOOK. of the continued and increasing numbers of devotees towards the close of the term, anweek was this year granted. The object of all this interest and devotion, the coat without seam of our Saviour, sois a simple tunic, apparently of linen orcotton, of a fabric similar to the closely-woven mummy-cloth of the Egyptians. Itis undoubtedly of very high antiquity. Itsform is precisely that of the modern Arabfrock or tunic, said by the present nativesof Syria to be of the same shape as thatgenerally worn by all classes from time im-memorial. Like the modern dress of theArabs, its colour appears to have been ori-ginally blue, though now discoloured bytime to a rust-coloured brown. When notgirded up at the waist, it would reach tothe ancles, the sleeve reaching to the history, according to Professor Marx,who has written an elaborate account of it,a work having the approval of
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