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Notes on Marco Polo : vol.3 |
INDEX 243
found there under the year 1490.
See EÇINA, p. 638.
schuan~ : « pairs », is mentioned in connection with ku pei and tieh, « cotton stuff ».
See COTTON, p. 439.
Shuang-ch'ü : « Twin Canals ». It was the ancient lodging-house (kuan) Chieh-fan.
See YARCAN, p. 883.
Shuang-ch'üan-hai : (« Twin-Spring Sea ») Yung-lo halted there; this is Sa-li-ch'ieh-êrh, Sa'arikä'är.
See CINGHIS, p. 323. Shui-fo-ssü « Temple of the sleeping Buddha ».
- Other popular name of the Temple of Buddha in Kan-chou.
See CAMPÇIO, p. 152.
shui-i : Water postal relay.
See YARCAN, p. 878.
Shui Ta-ta : « Water Tatar » (YS). See CIORCIA, p. 389.
shui-yang : (or « water sheep ») the first mention of it, which is said to occur in the Hou-Han shu, is in fact drown from the Wei lio.
See COTTON, p. 507.
shui-yang : the mentions of it in the T'ang and Sung works are abbreviated from the Wei lio. See COTTON, p. 509. shui-yang : « water sheep »; in the Wei lio, it occurs only in connection with a textile woven with threads of variegated colours without a monochrome ground. See COTTON, p. 510. shui-yang : it is the equivalent of yang alone, « sheep », which is used another time in the Wei lio.
See COTTON, p. 510.
shui-yang : the would-be quotation on it and on the « ground born lambs » from the [Hou] Wei shu is a rifacimento.
See COTTON, p. 512.
Shui-yang-ts'ui : (Hou-Han shu) i. e. « down of the water sheep ». See COTTON, p. 508.
shui-yi : « Water post-stations ». See TENDUC, p. 850.
Shun-an-chên : mentioned in Yungio's itinerary to Mongolia. See CINGHIS, p. 358.
Shun-chi-ch'iao : this must be one of Polo's « five very beautiful bridges of Çaiton ».
See ÇAITON, p. 597.
Shun-chih-ch'iao : erroneous form for Shun-chi-ch'iao.
See ÇAITON, p. 597.
Shun-ti : name of the last Mongol Emperor, also used by Chin Yu-tzü.
See CINGHIS, p. 359.
Shun-ti : the last Emperor of the Mongols.
See FACFUR, p. 660.
Shun-tê-fu : absurdly proposed as « Cianglu ».
See CIANGLU, p. 260.
Shun-t'ien : on March 15, 1271, people were levied there to build palace-walls (YS, 7, 3b). See TAIDU, p. 844.
Shun-t'ien-fu : (department of Peking) the tent was laid there with mats according to Hsü Lan.
See CINGHIS, p. 361.
Shun-t'ien-fu : sacrifices were offered to the manes of the Mongol Emperors in the northern section of the department.
See CINGHIS, p. 362-363.
Shuo-Io : (Ch'o-lo) hsien captured by Chinghiz-khan in the autumn of 1226 (YS).
See CINGHIS, p. 310.
« shut up people » (The) : according to Risch, they are an echo of the tradition of Gog and Magog. See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 620.
Shweli : (River) the territory of the Chin-ch'ih proper lay either on the Nam-ti and Ta-ping, or on the...
See ÇARDANDAN, p. 605.
siagingiaf : the Persian rendering of scoyroli, according to the Codex Cumanicus.
See ERCOLIN, p. 644. siâh-sinjâb : Persian word for « black squirrel ».
See ERCOLIN, p. 644.
Siam : imported cowries from the Maldives and the Philippines;
sent cowries to Yiin-nan.
See COWRIES, p. 552.
Siam : (ancient practice of reckoning in... )
See COWRIES, p. 555.
Siam : it may be one of the eight kingdoms of Lesser India. See INDIE, p. 750.
Siam (« Lochac ») : ebony-producting country after VB. See BONUS, p. 102.
Siamotra » : name given by Fra Mauro to Sumatra.
See SUMATRA, p. 838.
Siban : > Siban (original form of äibân).
See BARAC, p. 75.
Sibir : Rasidu-'d-Din and Quatremère locate it by the region of Colman.
See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 618.
Siccorum » : (« terram »...) Plan Carpine mentions both « Circassos » and...
See : ÇIC, p. 607.
*Siech : perhaps equivalent to « Sech » in Z.
See ESCEQE, p. 648.
SICHINTINGIU : may be HsiChien-chou « Western Chien-chou ». « Sichin » might be Shih-hsing, a district at the seat of Chao-chou under the Chin. See p. 831-832.
Sichintingiu ».
See BARSCOL, p. 86.
Sichintingiu » : according to Polo, Nayan was lord of this province; its identification is difficult.
See CIORCIA, p. 386.
Side : a pool of water in India, in which, according to Ktêsias, nothing will float. It is the exact counterpart of the legend of the Jo-shui. Side must be an error for Silas.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 719.
Sidrac : a romance in which there were two dry trees.
See DRY (LONE) TREE, p. 632. *sidun : we should expect this if the transcription of tz'û-t'ung were prior to the 10th cent.
See : ÇAITON, p. 587.
Sieni » or « Seni » : from Arab. Sini, « Chinese » (epithet for brazil-wood in Pegoletti).
See BRAZIL, p. 104.
*Sjak-zian : Hsi-shên, a name for the Su-shên.
See CIORCIA, p. 380.
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