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Near Nisibis there lived a group of Boskoi or grazing monks. When meal time came they took sickles and sallied forth to cut grass and on this they made their repast as if they were cattle. Others the so-called Dendrites lived in trees. | Near Nisibis there lived a group of Boskoi or grazing monks. When meal time came they took sickles and sallied forth to cut grass and on this they made their repast as if they were cattle. Others the so-called Dendrites lived in trees. | ||
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+ | Much like Kevin Butcher in 'Roman Syria and the Near East' p392: | ||
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and the sickle also appears in this picture: [[http:// | and the sickle also appears in this picture: [[http:// |