Soc. of Archaeology of St. Petersburg, vol. v. The
Inscription on this runs: "By the strength of Eternal Heaven, and thanks
to Its Great Power, the Man who obeys not the order of Abdullah shall be
guilty, shall die."
Plan of PEKING as it is, and as it was about A.D. 1290.
BANK-NOTE of the MING Dynasty, on one-half the scale of the original.
Reduced from a genuine note in the possession of the British Museum. Was
brought back from Peking after the siege of the Legations in 1900.
Mongol "Compendium Instrument."
Mongol Armillary Sphere.
Observatory Terrace.
Observatory Instruments of the Jesuits. All these from photographs kindly
lent to the present Editor by Count de Semalle.
Marco Polo's Itineraries. No. IV. EASTERN ASIA. This includes also Sketch
Map of the Ruins of SHANGTU, after Dr. BUSHELL; and Enlarged Sketch of the
Passage of the Hwang-ho or Karamoran on the road to Si-ngan fu (see vol.
ii. pp. 25-27) from the data of Baron von Richthofen.
WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT.
INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
A MEDIAEVAL SHIP.
COAT OF ARMS of SIR HENRY YULE.
ARMS of the POLO family, according to Priuli.
ARMS of the POLO family, according to Marco Barbaro. (See p. 7, note.)
Autograph of HETHUM or HAYTON I. King of (Cicilian) Armenia; copied from
Codice Diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolemitano, I. 135. The
signature is attached to a French document without date, granting the
King's Daughter "Damoiselle Femie" (Euphemia) in marriage to Sire Julian,
son of the Lady of Sayete (Sidon). The words run: Thagavor Haiwetz ("Rex
Armenorum"), followed by the King's cypher or monogram; but the initial
letter is absent, probably worn off the original document.
The PIAZZETTA at VENICE in the 14th century. From a portion of the
Frontispiece Miniature of the MS. of Marco Polo in the Bodleian. (Borrowed
from the National Miscellany, published by J. H. Parker, Oxford, for
1853-55; and see Street's Brick and Marble, etc., 1855, pp. 150-151.)
[See vol. ii. p. 529.]
Three extracts from MAPS of VENICE, showing the site of the CA' POLO at
three different periods, (1) From the great woodcut Map or View of Venice,
dated 1500, and commonly called Albert Duerer's. (2) From a Plan by Cav.
Ludovico Ughi, 1729. (3) From the Modern Official Plan of the City.
Diagram of arrangement of oars in galleys.
Extract from a fresco by SPINELLO ARETINI, in the Municipal Palace at
Siena, representing a GALLEY FIGHT (perhaps imaginary) between the
Venetians and the fleet of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and
illustrating the arrangements of mediaeval galleys. Drawn from a very dim
and imperfect photograph, after personal study of the original, by the
Editor.
Extract from a picture by DOMENICO TINTORETTO in the Ducal Palace at
Venice, representing the same GALLEY-FIGHT. After an engraving in the
Theatrum Venetum.
MARCO POLO'S GALLEY going into action at CURZOLA. Drawn by Signor Q.
CENNI, from a design by the Editor.
Map to illustrate the SEA-FIGHT at CURZOLA, where Marco Polo was taken
prisoner.
SEAL of the PISAN PRISONERS in Genoa, after the battle of Meloria (1284).
From Manni, Osservazioni Storiche sopra Sigilli Antichi, tom. xii.
Engraved by T. ADENEY.
The Convent and CHURCH of S. LORENZO, the burial-place of Marco Polo, as
it existed in the 15th century. From the Map of 1500 (see above). Engraved
by the same.
Arms of the TREVISAN family, according to Priuli.
TAILED STAR near the Antarctic, as Marco Polo drew it for Pietro d'Abano.
From the Conciliator of Pietro d'Abano.
PROLOGUE.
Remains of the Castle of SOLDAIA or Sudak. After Dubois de Montpereux,
Voyage autour du Caucase, Atlas, 3d s. Pl. 64.
Ruins of BOLGHAR. After Demidoff, Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale, Pl.
75.
The GREAT KAAN delivering a GOLDEN TABLET to the two elder Polos. From a
miniature in the Livre des Merveilles du Monde (Fr. 2810) in the Library
at Paris, fol. 3 verso.
Castle of AYAS. After Langlois, Voyage en Cilicie.
Plan of ACRE as it was when lost (A.D. 1291). Reduced and translated from
the contemporary plan in the Secreta Fidelium Crucis of Marino Sanudo
the Elder, engraved in Bongars, Gesta Dei per Francos, vol. ii.
Portrait of Pope GREGORY X. After J. B. de Cavaleriis Pontificum
Romanorum Effigies, etc. Romae, 1580.
Ancient CHINESE WAR VESSEL. From the Chinese Encyclopaedia called
San-Thsai-Thou-Hoei, in the Paris Library.
BOOK FIRST.
Coin of King HETUM I. and Queen ISABEL of Cilician Armenia. From an
original in the British Museum. Engraved by ADENEY.
Castle of BAIBURT. After Texier, L'Armenie, Pl. 3.
Mediaeval GEORGIAN FORTRESS. From a drawing by Padre CRISTOFORO DI
CASTELLI of the Theatine Mission, made in 1634, and now in the Communal
Library at Palermo. The name of the place has been eaten away, and I have
not yet been able to ascertain it.
View of DERBEND. After a cut from a drawing by M. Moynet in the Tour du
Monde, vol. i.
Coin of BADRUDDIN LOLO of Mosul (A.H. 620). After Marsden's Numismata
Orientalia, No. 164. By ADENEY.
GHAZAN Khan's Mosque at TABRIZ. Borrowed from Fergusson's History of
Architecture.
KASHMIR SCARF with animals, etc. After photograph from the scarf in the
Indian Museum.
Humped Oxen from the Assyrian Sculptures at Kouyunjik. From Rawlinson's
Ancient Monarchies.
Portrait of a Hazara. From a Photograph, kindly taken for the purpose, by
M.-Gen. C. P. Keyes, C.B., Commanding the Panjab Frontier Force.
Illustrations of the use of the DOUBLE RUDDER in the Middle Ages. 7
figures, viz., No. 1, The Navicello of Giotto in the Porch of St. Peter's.
From Eastlake's H. of Painting; Nos. 2 and 3, from Pertz, Scriptores,
tom. xviii. after a Genoese Chronicle; No. 4, Sketch from fresco of
Spinello Aretini at Siena; No. 5, Seal of Port of Winchelsea, from Sussex
Archaeological Collections, vol. i. 1848; No. 6, Sculpture on Leaning
Tower at Pisa, after Jal, Archeologie Navale; No.
