Monthly Archives: October 2007

There lacked than, nor Emeraud so grene, _Bals_, Turks, ne thing to my device ‘No sapphire in Inde, no Rubie rich of price, There lacked than, nor Emeraud so grene, _Bals_, Turks, ne thing to my device.’ (_Chaucer, “Court of … Continue reading →

a great wooden bartizan,[NOTE 1] which was borne by four well-trained elephants, and over him was hoisted his standard, so high aloft that it could be seen from all sides And what shall I tell you next? The Kaan was … Continue reading →

good In this country they make a wine of dates mixt with spices, which is very good. When any one not used to it first drinks this wine, it causes repeated and violent purging, but afterwards he is all the … Continue reading →

was made to him There are two different accounts of what the King said when this proposal was made to him. According to some authorities, John was impressed by Columbus”s proposals, and inclined to provide him with the necessary ships, … Continue reading →

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[Kanchau fell under the Tangut dominion in 1208. (_Palladius_, p. 10.) The Musulmans mentioned by Polo at Shachau and Kanchau probably came from Khotan.--H. C.] loyola new orleans official website free birthday cake calendar format bentley college field hockey cognitive … Continue reading →

Professor Bruun of Odessa, in a Russian work entitled _The Migrations of Prester John_ A new theory regarding the original Prester John has been propounded by Professor Bruun of Odessa, in a Russian work entitled _The Migrations of Prester John_. … Continue reading →

founder of the well-known Armenian Order, which has convents at Venice, Vienna, and Trieste At the village of Hullukluk, near Sivas, was born in 1676 Mekhitar, founder of the well-known Armenian Order, which has convents at Venice, Vienna, and Trieste.–H. … Continue reading →

NOTE 2.–A Tartar divination by twigs, but different from that here employed, is older than Herodotus, who ascribes it to the Scythians. We hear of one something like the last among the Alans, and (from Tacitus) among the Germans. The … Continue reading →

of the present inhabitants of the Lob-nor lived by a lake whose position was more to the north of Lob-nor; that was mentioned already by Pievtsov, and the lake was Uchu-Kul ‘I accept the third point of his objections, namely, … Continue reading →