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Erátque solariolum vnum, de tabulis altè præparatum, vbi thronus Imperatoris erat positus, ex ebore mirabiliter sculptus, in quo etiam erat aurum, et lapides preciosi, si bene meminimus, et illuc ascendebatur per gradus.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Er醫que solariolum vnum, de tabulis alt� pr鎝aratum, vbi thronus Imperatoris erat positus, ex ebore mirabiliter sculptus, in quo etiam erat aurum, et lapides preciosi, si bene meminimus, et illuc ascendebatur per gradus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The word cathedra, so expressive in the language of antiquity, has gradually been replaced in liturgical usage, by throne (thronus) or seat (sedes).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Et thronus e jus ficut fol in - confpedu mco, * & iicut luna perfcda in fftcrnum; & teftis in
Diurnale Noviomense. ad usum regalis ecclesiæ S. Quintini accommodatum. Pars hiemalis (æstiva). 1774
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They enable us to appreciate how widespread must have been that sentiment expressed in the recently discovered appeal of Eusebius of Dorylaeum to Pope Leo I: "Curavit desuper et ab exordio consuevit thronus apostolicus iniqua perferentes defensare ... et humi Jacentes erigere, secundum possibilitatem quam habetis [see Harnack, History of Dogma (Boston, 1903), II, 168].
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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