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The
'Imnara' was an Oil Lamp ( in Maltese musbieh ) holder, used
in ancient households for carrying the oil lamp in it around
the house. It consisted of an ear handle, in the case of big
ones , two ear handles , a bottom shelf with canopied ventilator
and window emitting the light. The Imnara was introduced into
these Islands at least since 800 A.D. around the time of the
Arab rule of the Islands and was still in use till the first
half of the 20th Century. The word imnara, which is of Arab
syntax, is also similar to the word Luminara, another word for lantern
in Italian. In Maltese the translation of 'imnara' is 'l-imnara'. |
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