Of the cloths called _nakh_ and _nasij_ we have spoken before (supra ch.
vi. note 4). These stuffs, or some such as these, were, I believe, what
the mediaeval writers called _Tartary cloth_, not because they were made
in Tartary, but because they were brought from China and its borders
through the Tartar dominions; as we find that for like reason they were
sometimes called stuffs of _Russia_. Dante alludes to the supposed skill
of Turks and Tartars in weaving gorgeous stuffs, and Boccaccio, commenting
thereon, says that Tartarian cloths are so skilfully woven that no painter
with his brush could equal them. Maundevile often speaks of cloths of
Tartary (e.g. pp. 175, 247). So also Chaucer:
programable cassette decks
sirus radio
pioneer cassette decks
card gcgifts.com gift gift gift mom online send
california voter registration online
philadelphia eagles five nfl collector pin tie tac set
edinburgh postnatal depression score
golf carts custom
chen tai chi retreat
miami beach florida south beach hotels