Chapter 129

Bolor, i. 172, 178n, 179n Bombay, ii. 396n, 449n Bonaparte, Prince Roland, _Recueil des Documents de l’Époque Mongole_, i. 14n, 28n Bonga, ii. 96n Bonheur, Rosa, i. 277n Boniface VIII., Pope, _44_, _52_, _54_, i. 23n Bonin, C. E., i. 203n, 249n, 276n, 282n, 286n Bonocio di Mestro, _67_ Bonpos, old Tibetan Sect, i. 314n, 321n, 323n Bonús, ebony, ii. 268, 272n Bonvalot, i. 200n Book of Marco Polo, its contents, _80_; original language, French, _81_; oldest Italian MS., _82_; “Geographic Text,” in rude French, _83_ _seqq._; various types of Text—(1) “Geographic,” _90_; (2) Pauthier’s MSS., _92_; (3) Pipino s Latin, _95_; Preface to, ii. 525n; Grynæus’ Latin, _95_; Müller’s reprint, _96_; (4) Ramusio’s Italian edition, its peculiarities, _96–101_; probable truth about it, _99_; bases of it, _100_; MS. and some of its peculiarities, _101_; general view of the relations of the texts, _101_; notice of an old Irish version, 102; geographical data, _109_; how far influenced in form by Rustician, _112_; perhaps in description of battles, _113_; diffusion and number of MSS., _116_; basis of present version, _141_ _seqq._; specimens of different recensions of text, ii. 522n–524n; distribution of MSS., 526n; miniatures in, 527n, 529n; list of MSS., 532n–552n; Tabular view of the filiation of chief MSS., 552; Bibliography, 553n–582n; titles of works cited, 582n–590n; Spanish edition, 598n Bore in Hang-chau Estuary, ii. 208n _Borgal_, _see_ _Bolghar_ Bormans, Stanislas, ii. 602n, 603n Born, Bertram de, _44_ Borneo, camphor, _see_ Camphor —— tailed men of, ii. 302n Boro Bodor, Buddhist Monument, Java, _13_, ii. 275n Borrak, Amir, Prince of Kerman (Kutlugh Sultan?), i. 91n —— Khan of Chaghatai, _see_ Barac Borús, the, ii. 310n Bostam, i. 138n. _Boswellia thurifera_, ii. 396n, 446n, 448n; _serrata_, 446n; _Carterii_, 448n; _Bhauda-jiana_, 448n; _papyrifera_, 448n; _Frereana_, 448n; _glabra_, 396n Bouqueran, _see_ Buckram Bourne, F. S. A., ii. 60n, 131n Boxwood forests in Georgia, i. 50, 57n _Bozzí_, i. 212n Bra, the word, _45_ Bracelets, in Anin, ii. 119 Bragadino, Marco, husband of Marco Polo’s daughter, Fantina, _76_ —— Pietro, _76_ Brahmanical thread, ii. 363 Brahmans (Abraiaman), fish-charmers to the pearl fishery, ii. 332, 337n; their character and virtues, 363, 367n; their king, 364; their omens, 364, 368n, 369n; longevity, 365; _Chughi_, 365; Palladian legend of, 405n Brahma’s temple, Hang-chau, ii. 212n, 213n Brahuis, i. 101n Brakhimof, early capital of Bulgaria, i. 7n Brambanan, ruins at, _13_ Bran (Tibetan _tsamba_), parched barley, i. 303, 321n Brazil wood, in Locac, ii. 276, 279n; in Sumatra, 299; manner of growth, _ib._, 309n; in Ceylon, 313, 315n; in Coilum (_Coilumin_), 375, 380n; different kinds, _ib._; vicissitudes of the word, 380n; its use prohibited by Painters’ Guild, 382n Bread, bitter, i. 110, 122n Brephung monastery, i. 319n _Bretesche_, i. 339n Bretschneider, Dr. Emil (_Medical Researches_), ruins of Bolghar,