February 28, 2010

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titleWe may observe that the idea which Joinville picked up in the East about
/titlecategory1/categoryPrester John corresponds pretty closely with that set forth by Marco
We may observe that the idea which Joinville picked up in the East about
Prester John corresponds pretty closely with that set forth by Marco.
Joinville represents him as one of the princes to whom the Tartars were
tributary in the days of their oppression, and as their ancient enemy;
one of their first acts, on being organized under a king of their own, was
to attack him and conquer him, slaying all that bore arms, but sparing all
monks and priests. The expression used by Joinville in speaking of the
original land of the Tartars, _une grande_ berrie _de sablon_, has not
been elucidated in any edition that I have seen. It is the Arabic [Arabic]
_Brya_, a Desert. No doubt Joinville learned the word in Palestine.
(See _Joinville_, p. 143 seqq.; see also _Oppert_, _Der Presb. Johannes in
Sage und Geschichte_, and _Cathay_, etc., pp. 173-182.) [_Fried. Zarncke,
Der Priester Johannes; Cordier, Odoric_.–H. C.]
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February 27, 2010

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titleAnd now I must mention another thing that I had forgotten, but which you
/titlecategory1/categorywill be astonished to learn from this Book
And now I must mention another thing that I had forgotten, but which you
will be astonished to learn from this Book. You must know that on the
Feast Day a great Lion is led to the Emperors presence, and as soon as it
sees him it lies down before him with every sign of the greatest
veneration, as if it acknowledged him for its lord; and it remains there
lying before him, and entirely unchained. Truly this must seem a strange
story to those who have not seen the thing![NOTE 3]
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February 26, 2010

Filed under: explorers — chris @ 10:44 pm

titleNOTE 4
/titlecategory1/categoryNOTE 4.–UCACA or UKEK was a town on the right bank of the Volga, nearly
equidistant between Sarai and Bolghar, and about six miles south of the
modern Saratov, where a village called _Uwek_ still exists. Ukek is not
mentioned before the Mongol domination, and is supposed to have been of
Mongol foundation, as the name Ukek is said in Mongol to signify a dam of
hurdles. The city is mentioned by Abulfeda as marking the extremity of
the empire of the Barka Tartars, and Ibn Batuta speaks of it as one day
distant from the hills of the Russians. Polo therefore means that it was
the frontier of the Ponent towards Russia. Ukek was the site of a
Franciscan convent in the 14th century; it is mentioned several times in
the campaigns of Timur, and was destroyed by his army. It is not mentioned
under the form Ukek after this, but appears as _Uwek_ and _Uwesh_ in
Russian documents of the 16th century. Perhaps this was always the
Slavonic form, for it already is written _Uguech_ (= Uwek) in Waddings
14th century catalogue of convents. Anthony Jenkinson, in Hakluyt, gives
an observation of its latitude, as _Oweke_ (51?40), and Christopher
Burrough, in the same collection, gives a description of it as _Oueak_,
and the latitude as 51?30 (some 7 too much). In his time (1579) there
were the remains of a very faire stone castle and city, with old tombs
exhibiting sculptures and inscriptions. All these have long vanished.
Burrough was told by the Russians that the town was swallowed into the
earth by the justice of God, for the wickednesse of the people that
inhabited the same. Lepechin in 1769 found nothing remaining but part of
an earthen rampart and some underground vaults of larger bricks, which the
people dug out for use. He speaks of coins and other relics as frequent,
and the like have been found more recently. Coins with Mongol-Arab
inscriptions, struck at Ukek by Tuktugai Khan in 1306, have been described
by Fraehn and Erdmann.
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titleI know not if the spelling _Kesciemur_ represents any peculiar Mongol
/titlecategory1/categorypronunciation of the name
I know not if the spelling _Kesciemur_ represents any peculiar Mongol
pronunciation of the name. Plano Carpini, probably the first modern
European to mention this celebrated region, calls it _Casmir_ (p. 708).
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February 25, 2010

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title[Illustration: Winter Palace at Peking
/titlecategory1/category[Illustration: Winter Palace at Peking.]
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titleCHAPTER XIV
/titlecategory1/categoryCHAPTER XIV.
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titleUp to the year of Christ now running, to wit 1298, he hath reigned
/titlecategory1/categorytwo-and-forty years, and his age is about eighty-five, so that he must
have been about forty-three years of age when he first came to the
throne
Up to the year of Christ now running, to wit 1298, he hath reigned
two-and-forty years, and his age is about eighty-five, so that he must
have been about forty-three years of age when he first came to the
throne.[NOTE 2] Before that time he had often been to the wars, and had
shown himself a gallant soldier and an excellent captain. But after coming
to the throne he never went to the wars in person save once.[NOTE 3]
This befel in the year of Christ, 1286, and I will tell you why he went.
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February 24, 2010

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title[The monasteries with numbers of monks, who, as M
/titlecategory1/category[The monasteries with numbers of monks, who, as M. Polo asserts, behaved
decently, evidently belonged to Chinese Buddhists, _ho-shang_; in Kblis
time they had two monasteries in Shangtu, in the north-east and north-west
parts of the town. (_Palladius_, 29.) Rubruck (_Rockhills_ ed. p. 145)
says: All the priests (of the idolaters) shave their heads, and are
dressed in saffron colour, and they observe chastity from the time they
shave their heads, and they live in congregations of one or two
hundred.–H. C.]
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February 23, 2010

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titleIn French, it gives _nacaire_ and _gnacare_ from the Italian _gnacare_
/titlecategory1/categoryIn French, it gives _nacaire_ and _gnacare_ from the Italian _gnacare_.
Quatre jouent de la guitare, quatre des castagnettes, quatre des
gnacares. (MOLIRE, _Pastorale Comique_.)–H. C.]
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titleOur traveller says that Tenduc had been the seat of Aung Khans
/titlecategory1/categorysovereignty; he has already said that it had been the scene of his final
defeat, and he tells us that it was still the residence of his descendants
in their reduced state
Our traveller says that Tenduc had been the seat of Aung Khans
sovereignty; he has already said that it had been the scene of his final
defeat, and he tells us that it was still the residence of his descendants
in their reduced state. To the last piece of information he can speak as a
witness, and he is corroborated by other evidence; but the second
statement we have seen to be almost certainly erroneous; about the first
we cannot speak positively.
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