CHAP.

XXXIII. [CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF

CAMBALUC]

NOTES.-I. The word Tacuin.-The Chinese Almanacs. The
Observatory. 2. The Chinese and Mongol Cycle.

XXXIV. [CONCERNING THE RELIGION OF THE CATHAYANS;

THEIR VIEWS AS ΤΟ THE SOUL; AND THEIR

CUSTOMS] .

NOTES.-I. Textual. 2. Do. 3. Exceptions to the general charge
of Irreligion brought against the Chinese. 4. Politeness.
5. Filial Piety. 6. Pocket Spitoons.

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INSERTED PLATES AND MAPS.

PORTRAIT of Sir HENRY YULE. From the Painting by Mr.
T. B. Wirgman, in the Royal Engineers' Mess House at
Chatham.

Illuminated Title, with Medallion representing the POLOS
ARRIVING AT VENICE after 26 years' absence, and being
refused admittance to the Family Mansion; as related by
Ramusio, p. 4 of Introductory Essay. Drawn by Signor
QUINTO CENNI, No. 7 Via Solferino, Milan; from a Design
by the Editor.

1. DOORWAY of the HOUSE of MARCO POLO in the Corte Sabbionera at Venice (see p. 27). Woodcut from a drawing by Signor L. Rosso, Venice.

26. Corte del Milione, Venice.

28. Malibran Theatre, Venice.

30. Entrance to the Corte del Milione, Venice. From photographs taken for the present editor, by Signor NAYA.

42. Figures from St. Sabba's, sent to Venice. From a photograph of Signor NAYA.

50. Church of SAN MATTEO, at Genoa.

62. Palazzo di S. Giorgio, at Genoa.

68. Miracle of S. Lorenzo. From the Painting by V. CARPACCIO. 70. FACSIMILE of the WILL of MARCO POLO, preserved in St. Mark's Library. Lithographed from a photograph specially taken by Bertani at Venice.

74. Pavement in front of S. Lorenzo.

76. Mosaic Portrait of Marco Polo, at Genoa.

78. The Pseudo Marco Polo at Canton.

80. Porcelain Incense-Burner, from the Louvre.

82. Temple of 500 Genii, at Canton, after a drawing by FÉLIX RÉGAMEY.

108. Probable view of MARCO POLO'S OWN GEOGRAPHY: a Map of the World, formed as far as possible from the Traveller's own data. Drawn by the Editor.

134. Part of the Catalan Map of 1375.

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1. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. I. WESTERN ASIA. This includes also "Sketch showing the chief Monarchies of Asia, in the latter part of the 13th century."

Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI. 4. Plan of part of the remains of the same city. Reduced from a Russian plan published by M. Grigorieff.

,, 29 & 30. Reduced FACSIMILE of the BUDDHIST INSCRIPTION of the
Mongol Era, on the Archway at KIU-YONG KWAN in the
Pass of Nan-k'au, north-west of Peking, showing the characters
in use under the Mongol Dynasty. Photogravure from the
Recueil des documents de l'Epoque Mongole, by H.H. Prince
ROLAND BONAPARTE. See an Article by Mr. Wylie in the
J. R. A. S. for 1870, p. 14.
Plan of AYAS, the Laias of Polo. From an Admiralty Chart.
41. Plan of position of DILÁWAR, the supposed site of the Dilavar
of Polo. Ext. from a Survey by Lt.-Col. D. G. Robinson, R.E.
114. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. II. Routes between KERMAN
and HORMUZ.

178. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. III. Regions on and near the
UPPER OXUS.

305. Heading, in the old Chinese seal-character, of an INSCRIPTION
on a Memorial raised by Kúblái Kaan to a Buddhist Eccles-
iastic, in the vicinity of his summer-palace at SHANGTU in
Mongolia. Reduced from a facsimile obtained on the spot by
Dr. S. W. Bushell, 1872, and by him lent to the Editor.
319. The CHO-KHANG. The grand Temple of Buddha at Lhasa,
from The Journey to Lhasa, by SARAT CHANDRA DAS, by kind
permission of the Royal Geographical Society.

352.

"Table d'Or de Commandement;" the PAÏZA of the MONGOLS, from a specimen found in Siberia. Reduced to one-half the scale of the original, from an engraving in a paper by I. J. Schmidt in the Bulletin de la Classe Historico-Philologique de l'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, St.-Pétersbourg, tom. iv. No. 9. 355. Second Example of a Mongol Païza with superscription in the Uighur character, found near the Dnieper River, 1845. From Trans. of the Oriental Section, Imp. Soc. of Archeology 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."

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376. Plan of PEKING as it is, and as it was about A.D. 1290.
426. 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.

448. Mongol "Compendium Instrument."

450. Mongol Armillary Sphere.

452. Observatory Terrace.

454. Observatory Instruments of the Jesuits. All these from photographs kindly lent to the present Editor by Count de Semallé. 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.

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WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT.

INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.

x. A MEDIæval Ship.

xxvi. COAT OF ARMS of Sir HENRY YULE.

7. ARMS of the POLO family, according to Priuli.

8. ARMS of the POLO family, according to Marco Barbaro. (See p. 7, note.) 13. 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.

18. 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.]

29. 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 Dürer's. (2) From a Plan by Cav. Ludovico Ughi, 1729. (3) From the Modern Official Plan of the City.

34. Diagram of arrangement of oars in galleys.

35. 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 medieval galleys. Drawn from a very dim and imperfect photograph, after personal study of the original, by the Editor.

,, 37. 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.

49 MARCO POLO'S GALLEY going into action at CURZOLA. Drawn by Signor Q. CENNI, from a design by the Editor.

50. Map to illustrate the SEA-FIGHT at CURZOLA, where Marco Polo was taken prisoner.

57. 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.

75. 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.

78. Arms of the TREVISAN family, according to Priuli.

$ 120.

TAILED STAR near the Antarctic, as Marco Polo drew it for Pietro d'Abano. From the Conciliator of Pietro d'Abano.

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Remains of the Castle of SOLDAIA or Sudák. After Dubois de Montpereux,
Voyage autour du Caucase, Atlas, 3d s. Pl. 64.

7. Ruins of BOLGHAR. After Demidoff, Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale,
Pl. 75.

,, 15. 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
Romæ, 1580.

Romanorum Effigies, etc.

,, 37. Ancient CHINESE War Vessel. From the Chinese Encyclopædia called San-Thsai-Thou-Hoei, in the Paris Library.

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42. Coin of King HETUM I. and Queen ISABEL of Cilician Armenia.
an original in the British Museum. Engraved by ADENEY.
48. Castle of BAIBURT. After Texier, L'Arménie, Pl. 3.

51.

From

Mediæval 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.

55. View of DERBEND. After a cut from a drawing by M. Moynet in the
Tour du Monde, vol. i.

61. Coin of BADRUDDÍN LOLO of Mosul (A.H. 620). After Marsden's Numis mata Orientalia, No. 164. By ADENEY.

76. GHÁZÁN Khan's Mosque at TABRIZ.

of Architecture.

Borrowed from Fergusson's History

95. KASHMIR SCARF with animals, etc. After photograph from the scarf in

the Indian Museum.

100. Humped Oxen from the Assyrian Sculptures at Kouyunjik. From Rawlinson's Ancient Monarchies.

102. 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. 116-118. 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 Perts, 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 Archeological Collections, vol. i. 1848; No. 6, Sculpture on Leaning Tower at Pisa, after Jal, Archéologie Navale; No. 7, from the Monument of Peter Martyr, the persecutor of the Lombard Patarini, in the Church of St. Eustorgius at Milan, after Le Tombe ed i Monumenti Illustri d'Italia, Mil. 1822-23.