"Hic Jacet Vir Nobilis, D. Ioannes De Mandeville,
Aliter Dictus Ad Barbam, Miles, Dominus De Campdi, Natus De Anglia,
Medicinae Professor, Deuotissimus, Orator, & Bonorum Largissimus
Pauperibus Erogator Qui Toto Quasi Orbe Lustrato, Leodij Diem
Vitae Suae Clausit Extremum.
Anno Dom.
1371, Mensis Nouembris, die 17."
[38] Bibliotheque nationale: - Catalogue des manuscrits des fonds Libri
et Barrois. Paris, 1888. 8vo. cf. pp. 251-253.
INDEX
Aas, Asu, see Alans.
Abacan, a Tartar general.
Abah, see Avah.
Abaji, Kublai's son.
Abaka (Abaga), Khan of Persia.
Abano, Pietro of, his notice of Polo.
Abash (Habsh), see Abyssinia.
Abba Gregory.
Abbas, Shah.
Abbott, Consul Keith E..
Abdul Kuri islands.
- - Mejid.
Abeskun (Baxon), on the Caspian.
Abher.
Abkashian forests, boxwood of the.
Abnus, ebony.
Abraha, ruler of Yemen.
Abraiaman, see Brahmans.
Abubakr, Atabeg of Fars.
- - Ibrahim, and Mahomed, engineers employed by Kublai.
Abu'l Abbas Ahmed VII., Khalif of Baghdad.
- - Fazl
Abulfeda, his geography;
at the siege of Acre.
Abulfiez Khan, king of Bokhara.
Abu Nasr Mohammed IX., Khalif of Baghdad.
- - Said.
Abyssinia (Abash),
its king's punishment of Soldan of Aden;
dominion on the coast, mediaeval history and chronology;
table of kings;
wars with Mahomedan states.
Acbalec Manzi, "White City of the Manzi frontier".
Acbalec or Acbaluc (Cheng-ting fu).
Accambale, king of Champa.
Achar.
Achin, Acheh, Achem,
its gold and lign-aloes;
conversion of;
its great power at one time;
elephants at.
- - Head.
Achmath, the Bailo, see Ahmad.
Acomat Soldan (Ahmad Sultan),
seizes throne of Tabriz;
goes to encounter Argon;
rejects his remonstrance;
defeats and takes him;
hears of Argon's escape, is taken and put to death;
notes on the history.
Acorn bread.
Acqui, Friar Jacopo d', his notice of Polo.
Acre,
Broils at, between Venetians and Genoese;
plan of;
captured by Saracens;
wickedness of;
Polos at.
Adam, Bishop and Pope of China.
- - Seth, and the Tree of Life, legend of.
Adamodana, Castle of.
Adam's Apple.
- - sepulchre on mountain (Adam's Peak) in Ceylon,
rubies;
his teeth, hair, etc.;
the footmark.
Adel, apparently confused with Aden.
Aden, Horse and other Trade with India,
Soldan's treatment of a bishop;
Vengeance of King of Abyssinia on him;
confused with Adel;
account of Kingdom;
the Sultan;
intercourse and trade with China, tanks;
view of.
Adoration of the Emperor.
Adulis,
inscription of.
Aegae, Ayas on the site of ancient.
Aepyornis and its eggs.
Aetius, his prescription of musk,
of camphor.
Afghans, their use of the fat-tailed sheep.
Africa, Sea surrounding to the South.
Agassiz, Professor.
Agathocles, Coins of.
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