 | Ju-kua Chao - Africa, Eastern - 1911 - 322 pages
...(paste) remains, for it contains «plum flower», camphor ° and all kinds of precious substances. 10 The king holds in his hand a jewel five inches in...and which shines in (the darkness of) night like a torch7. The king rubs his face with it daily, and though he were passed ninety he would retain his... | |
 | George Frederick Kunz - Gems - 1913 - 570 pages
...Venice. 1602, p. 34. of the thirteenth, century and hence a contemporary of the Arab Teifashi. He says: "The king holds in his hand a jewel five inches in diameter, which cannot be burned by fire, and which shines in the night like a torch." This gigantic luminous gem was also believed... | |
 | Paul Edward Pieris - Portuguese - 1914 - 684 pages
...8. The Chinese Chao Ju-kua, in his Chu-fan-chih, written about 12 ri AD, says of the King of Ceylon, "The king holds in his hand a jewel five inches in diameter, which will stand the test of fire and shine at night like a torch. By rubbing his face with it every day... | |
 | Henri Cordier - Asia - 1920 - 200 pages
...ROCKHILL, Rubruck, p. 36." In an interesting paper on Walrus and Narwhal Ivory, Dr. Laufer (T'oung Poo, July, 1916, p. 357) refers to dog-headed men with...round their bodies, go bare-headed and bare-footed." CHAP. xv. p. 323. CEYLON — BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT. 1 1 1 XIV., p. 314 n. THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. The... | |
 | Henri Cordier, Marco Polo - Science - 1920 - 182 pages
...received by King Hethum of Armenia. XIV., p. 313. “The people [of Ceylon] are Idolaters, and go qaite naked except that they cover the middle. . . . The...round their bodies, go bare-headed and bare-footed.” X1V.,p. 3141). THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. The native kings of this period were Pandita Prakama Bahu IL,... | |
 | Ju-kua Chao - Africa, Eastern - 1912 - 348 pages
...(paste) remains, for it contains «pluni flower», camphor 6 and all kinds of precious substances. 10 The king holds in his hand a jewel five inches in...and which shines in (the darkness of) night like a torch7. The king rubs his face with it daily, and though he were passed ninety he would retain his... | |
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Idolaters, and go quite naked except that they cover the middle. . . . The King of this Island possesses a ruby which is the finest and biggest in the world ; I will tell you what it is like. It is about a palm in length, and as thick as a man's arm ;... 