BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLE.
BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLE.
The ROI D'OR. Professed Portrait of the Last of the Altun Khans or Kin
Emperors of Cathay, from the (fragmentary) Arabic Manuscript of
Rashiduddin's History in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society. This
Manuscript is supposed to have been transcribed under the eye of
Rashiduddin, and the drawings were probably derived from Chinese originals.
Plan of Ki-chau, after Duhalde.
The CROSS incised at the head of the GREAT CHRISTIAN INSCRIPTION of SI-NGAN
FU (A.D. 781); actual size, from copy of a pencil rubbing made on the
original by the Rev. J. Lees. Received from Mr. A. Wylie.
Diagram to elucidate the cities of Ch'eng-tu fu.
Plan of Ch'eng-tu. From MARCEL MONNIER'S Tour d'Asie, by kind permission
of M. PLON.
Bridge near Kwan-hsien (Ch'eng-tu). From MARCEL MONNIER'S Tour d'Asie, by
kind permission of M. PLON.
MOUNTAINEERS on the Borders of SZE-CH'WAN and TIBET, from one of the
illustrations to Lieut. Garnier's Narrative (see p. 48). From Tour du
Monde.
VILLAGE of EASTERN TIBET on Sze-ch'wan Frontier. From Mr. Cooper's Travels
of a Pioneer of Commerce.
Example of ROADS on the TIBETAN FRONTIER of China (being actually a view of
the Gorge of the Lan t'sang Kiang). From Mr. Cooper's Travels of a Pioneer
of Commerce.
The VALLEY of the KIN-SHA KIANG, near the lower end of the CAINDU of Marco
Polo. From Lieut. Garnier in the Tour du Monde.
SALT PANS in Yun-nan. From the same.
Black Lolo.
White Lolo. From DEVERIA'S Frontiere Sino-annamite.
Pa-y Script. From the T'oung-Pao.
Garden-House on the LAKE of YUN-NAN-FU, YACHI of Polo. From Lieut.
Garnier in the Tour du Monde.
Road descending from the Table-Land of YUN-NAN into the VALLEY of the
KIN-SHA KIANG (the BRIUS of Polo). From the same.
"A SARACEN of CARAJAN," being the portrait of a Mahomedan Mullah in Western
Yun-nan. From the same.
The Canal at YUN-NAN FU. From a photograph by M. TANNANT.
"Riding long like FRENCHMEN," exemplified from the Bayeux Tapestry. After
Lacroix, Vie Militaire du Moyen Age.
The SANG-MIAU tribe of KWEI-CHAU, with the Cross-bow. From a coloured
drawing in a Chinese work on the Aboriginal Tribes, belonging to W.
Lockhart, Esq.
Portraits of a KAKHYEN man and woman. Drawn by Q. CENNI from a photograph
(anonymous).
Temple called GAUDAPALEN in the city of MIEN (i.e. Pagan in Burma), erected
circa A.D. 1160. Engraving after a sketch by the first Editor, from
Fergusson's History of Architecture.
The PALACE of the KING of MIEN in modern times (viz., the Palace at
Amarapura). From the same, being partly from a sketch by the first
Editor.
Script Pa-pe. From the T'oung-Pao.
HO-NHI and other Tribes in the Department of Lin-ngan in S. Yun-nan,
supposed to be the Anin country of Marco Polo. From Garnier in the
Tour du Monde.
The KOLOMAN tribe, on borders of Kwei-chau and Yun-nan. From coloured
drawing in Mr. Lockhart's book as above (under p. 83).
Script thai of Xieng-hung. From the T'oung-Pao.
Iron SUSPENSION BRIDGE at Lowatong. From Garnier in Tour du Monde.
FORTIFIED VILLAGES on Western Frontier of KWEI-CHAU. From the same.
BOOK SECOND. - PART THIRD.
YANG-CHAU: the three Cities under the Sung.
YANG-CHAU: the Great City under the Sung. From Chinese Plans kindly sent to
the present Editor by the late Father H. Havret, S.J., Zi-ka-wei.
MEDIAEVAL ARTILLERY ENGINES. Figs, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are CHINESE. The
first four are from the Encyclopaedia San-Thsai-Thou-hoei (Paris
Library), the last from Amyot, vol. viii.
Figs. 6, 7, 8 are SARACEN, 6 and 7 are taken from the work of Reinaud
and Fave, Du Feu Gregeois, and by them from the Arabic MS. of Hassan al
Raumah (Arab Anc. Fonds, No. 1127). Fig. 8 is from Lord Munster's
Arabic Catalogue of Military Works, and by him from a MS. of
Rashiduddin's History.
The remainder are EUROPEAN. Fig. 9 is from Pertz, Scriptores, vol.
xviii., and by him from a figure of the Siege of Arbicella, 1227, in a
MS. of Genoese Annals (No. 773, Supp. Lat. of Bib. Imp.). Fig. 10
from Shaw's Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, vol. i., No.
21, after B. Mus. MS. Reg. 16, G. vi. Fig. 11 from Perts as above,
under A.D. 1182. Fig. 12, from Valturius de Re Militari, Verona, 1483.
Figs. 13 and 14 from the Poliorceticon of Justus Lipsius. Fig. 15 is
after the Bodleian MS. of the Romance of Alexander (A.D. 1338), but is
taken from the Gentleman's Magazine, 3rd ser. vol. vii. p. 467. Fig. 16
from Lacroix's Art au Moyen Age, after a miniature of 13th cent. in the
Paris Library. Figs. 17 and 18 from the Emperor Napoleon's Etudes de
l'Artillerie, and by him taken from the MS. of Paulus Santinus (Lat.
MS. 7329 in Paris Library). Fig. 19 from Professor Moseley's restoration
of a Trebuchet, after the data in the Mediaeval Note-book of Villars de
Honcourt, in Gentleman's Magazine as above. Figs. 20 and 21 from the
Emperor's Book. Fig. 22 from a German MS. in the Bern Library, the
Chronicle of Justinger and Schilling.
COIN from a treasure hidden during the siege of SIANG-YANG in 1268-73, and
lately discovered in that city.
Island MONASTERIES on the YANG-TZU KIANG; viz.: -
1. Uppermost. The "Little Orphan Rock," after a cut in Oliphant's
Narrative.
2. Middle. The "Golden Island" near Chin-kiang fu, after Fisher's
China. (This has been accidentally reversed in the drawing.)
3. Lower. The "Silver Island," below the last, after Mr. Lindley's
book on the T'ai-P'ings.
The West Gate of CHIN-KIANG FU.
