Heyd (_Com._ II. p. 675) says in a note: ‘Il rsulte de l”ensemble de ce
passage que les matires dsignes par Marco Polo sous le nom de “espodie”
(spodium) taient des scories mtalliques; en gnral, le mot spodium
dsigne les rsidus de la combustion des matires vgtales ou des os (de
l”ivoire).’–H. C.]
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Heyd (_Com
In spite of the different initials ([Arabic] instead of [Arabic]), it can
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‘De deverses maineres laborés ?bestes et ausiaus mout richement
NOTE 3
HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE
There is one fragment of fact about this Domenico that greatly enlarges
(Besides the works quoted see _Jal, Archéologie Navale_, II
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