 | 1915 - 574 σελίδες
...Islanders. Porphyrogenniti, were those of the Blood Royal, in the Days of the Greek EmperouM, so call'd, from their wearing of Purple, which was a Badge of Royalty, and allow'd only to Princes of the Blood ; and not from an house call'd Porphyra, where the Empresses were wont to lie in. But Purple was throughout... | |
 | Marc Stephen Dubin - 2002 - 576 σελίδες
...islanders. Porphyrogenneti, were those of the Blood Royal, in the Days of the Greek Empereurs, so call'd. from their wearing of Purple, which was a Badge of Royalty, and allow 'd only to Princes of the Blood; and not from an house calI'd Porphyra, where the Empresses were... | |
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EmperouM, so call'd, from their wearing of Purple, which was a Badge of Royalty, and allow'd only to Princes of the Blood ; and not from an house call'd Porphyra, where the Empresses were wont to lie in. 