The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 471
ply the rosary and the prayer-wheel, but they are not pledged to celibacy, nor do they adopt thetonsure. As a sign of their amphibious position, they commonly weara red or yellow girdle. These are what some travellers speak of as thelowest order of Lamas, permitted to marry; and Polo may have… … Chap. LXI. ASCETICS CALLED SENSIN. 285 (Book in. ch. XX.). The name originated in the eleventh century inLombardy, where it came to be appHed to the heretics, otherwisecalled Cathari. Muratori has much on the origin of the namePatarini, and mentions a monument, which still exists, in the Piazzade…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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