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  • Cuncti gradus ascendentes ad palatij aulas, et aularum cameras, et ad thalamos Camerarum sunt solidi de argento vel auro, sed et omnis stratura pauimentorum in alijs habetur ad similitudinem scacarij, vnam quadratam argenti, alteram auri, laminis valdè crassis, et in ipsis pauimentis, sunt exsculpta gesta, et historiæ diuersæ.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Cuncti gradus ascendentes ad palatij aulas, et aularum cameras, et ad thalamos Camerarum sunt solidi de argento vel auro, sed et omnis stratura pauimentorum in alijs habetur ad similitudinem scacarij, vnam quadratam argenti, alteram auri, laminis vald� crassis, et in ipsis pauimentis, sunt exsculpta gesta, et histori� diuers�.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • After the meal the couple retired to the thalamos, where for the first time the bride unveiled herself to her husband.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • He had got at the jars of wine in the chief's cellar, -- thalamos, they call it, -- and had not taken the precaution of mixing the liquor with water, as the natives invariably do when they drink.

    In the Wrong Paradise Andrew Lang 1878

  • But we may reply that the _thalamos_, the separate chamber, is no freak; the freak, by knowledge of which Odysseus proves his identity, is the use of the tree in the construction of the bed. [blank space] was highly original.

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

  • We find (_Iliad_, XVII. 36) that a son, wedding in his father's and mother's life-time, has a _thalamos_ built for him, and a _muchos_ in the _THALAMOS_, where he leaves his wife when he goes to war.

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

  • She went back into the thalamos where the dead lay at peace, and before the others could follow her she had opened a door hidden behind some tapestry near the bed, and fled into the garden.

    Serapis — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Gorgo had covered the dead face; and when old Damia had been carried down to the thalamos and laid in state on the bridal bed, she strewed the couch with flowers.

    Serapis — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

  • She went back into the thalamos where the dead lay at peace, and before the others could follow her she had opened a door hidden behind some tapestry near the bed, and fled into the garden.

    Serapis — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • But the allusion to her father reminded her of the first duty in her path; she roused her energies, thanked Marianne warmly, and begged her only to assist her in carrying the corpse into the thalamos, and then to take charge of the keys.

    Serapis — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

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