Roumania / The border land of the Christian
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1858, James O. Noyes: Argisch Ancient capital of Wallachia
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O carte senzațională, de aproape 500 de pagini, în care istoria românilor, inclusiv cea spirituală, este tratată în contextul geo-politic mereu schimbător al răsăritului european. Nu lipsesc din cartea lui James O. Noyes, Roumania / The border land of the Christian and the Churk, New York, 1858, informațiile despre cântecele poporane, datină, tradiții sau despre „doinas” (pp. 178-181 și, respectiv, 234-236), așa cum nu lipsesc nici despre lăutari, sosirea țiganilor în Moldova fiind datată, cu probe, în 1417 (p. 135). Iar în privința desenelor vechi, unul dintre ele, cel cu imaginea hanului lui Manouk Bey este semnat, deci știm că datorăm acea secvență de memorie pictorului Lossing-Barett.
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1858, James O. Noyes: Ecclesiastisal kustume
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1858, James O. Noyes: Female daco romans
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1858, James O. Noyes: Genoese Castle al Giurgevo
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1858, James O. Noyes: Gipsy encampment
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1858, James O. Noyes: High life in Roumania
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1858, James O. Noyes: Hospital of Coltsa
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1858, James O. Noyes: Khan of Manoul Bey, by Lossing-Barett
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1858, James O. Noyes: Low life in Roumania
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1858, James O. Noyes: Male daco romans
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1858, James O. Noyes: Monastery of Niamzo
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1858, James O. Noyes: On the steppe
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1858, James O. Noyes: Posting in Wallachia
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1858, James O. Noyes: Shoeing an ox
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1858, James O. Noyes: Tower of Ovid
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1858, James O. Noyes: Tower of Severinus
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1858, James O. Noyes: Traian’s tablet
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1858, James O. Noyes: Travelling by carutza in Wallachia
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1858, James O. Noyes: Wallachian novice
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