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 491
iena to a metal circle or triangle struck with a rod. The factseems to be that there is a double origin, for the Arabic dictionariesnot only \vist Nakkarah,\)\x\. Naki7;zxi^ Ndkur, cornu, tuba. Theorchestra of Bibars Bundukddri, we are told, consisted of 40 pairs ofketde-drums, 4 drums, 4 hautbois,… … Nakkaras, from an Indian original. Chap. IV. BATTLE-DESCRIPTION. 305 Note 4.—This description of a fight will recur again and again tillwe are very tired of it. It is difficult to say whether the style isborrowed from the historians of the East or the romancers of the West.Compare the two following…
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