i m
district; by him, and Wight, planted in other parts of Hindustan as far as Bengal and Silhet, its
truit ediMe, seeds yielding oi+ and an odoriferous water distilled by the natives from the flowers;’ by
Jlason, “ exotic” in Burmah, its “ small delicate sweet-scented blossom s” strung by maidens for »ar-
fonds. Westward, its dried fruit has been found in ancient tombs in Egypt (Champoll.-Fio-. ityV
By European colonists, was carried to the Mauritius Islands, where it continues in gardens (Boj.).
“ 722 A. D .” (T . Wright eariy trav. Palest.), on reaching Palestine, Willebald found the inhabitants
of Cyprus “ not in arms, for there was great peace and friendship between the Greeks and”
Muslims A Hon was seen by him on the farthest border of Samaria ; illustrating Jerem. .xlix. 19, and I. 44. the descrip' tion in
'A s early as this year ” (according to the chronicle, Talvi iii. i), a clerk or writer employed by
cLoinbvuesrsasi,o ntr atod iCtiohnraisrtyia npirtyin. cess of Bohemia. Bohemian poems are extant that seem earlier than the
“ The same y^ear ” (Pauth. 315), by a census in China, the number of persons found to be
45.43r.265 ; not including princes, nobles, mandarins, persons attached to their service, the army
literati, bonzes, nor slaves.” ■
I iy iu m anisatum oi Southwestern China. The fruit used as-a spice in cookery by the Chinese
as early probably as this date : — the living shrub seen and clescribed by Loureiro p. 353 ; the whole
plant especially the fruit having a pleasant aromatic flavour of anise (Lindl.). Westward, the fruit
brought from China and called “ habb eloue',” was found by Rouyer in the drug-shops of Egypt:
Larther West, tlie imported fruit is described by Gtertner i. pl. 69 ; and according to Lindley, is called
star anise, “ by distillation yields an oil which has most of the properties of oil of anise, for which it
IS often substituted ; it is chiefiy used in the fabrication of liqueurs.” *
“ Under the Tliang dynasty ” (topog. Cant., and Pauth. 473), a regular market opened at Canton,
attended by an officer to receive the tax or duties, belonging lo government.
, J ‘ T /■ f r «to nengo ten-pe-foo-zi = cyclique kiatzu,” inscript., and Klapr.), the city
ochf aTrgae- koaf- sethkei fino rtOs.ziou, opposite to the island of Yeso, founded by 0 -no-no Assa-yemi, general in
fifth “d a7t2r4o Aof. JDa.p”a n(a. nn. Jap., and art de verif.), Gensioo succeeded by her nephew Sioomu, now forty^-
In thiS-year (Jap. centen. comm. 60 to 90), the potter's wheel introduced into Japan by the
priest Giymki ; and “ samples of earthenware made at that time ” are extant. Giyoki proposed the
erection of a colossal bronze statue of Budha: and the plan was c,arried out by Shomu.
ni^ ng “o Tf hthee s aFmiftey y-seeavre =nth 1 2ctyhc lyee.ar of the ‘ kai-youan ’ of Ming-hoang-ti ” (Chinese chron. table), begin“
During the khai-youan of Youan-tsoung or Ming-houng-ti ( = 713 to 741,” Rem. mei. iii. 85)
Cambodia divided into two States, the Northern mountainous portion, and tlie Southern lowland.
‘■ The s.ame year” (T. W nght), by Yezid II. “ instigated by the Jews,” an edict issued “ at the
end of his reign ” ag.ainst the paintings in Christian churches within his dominions. The measure
led to the re-commencement of hostilities between the Greeks and Muslims.
‘‘ Before the d ose of the year” (art de verif.), Yezid II. succeeded by Hescliam, tenth Ommiad
khahf. Coins issued by Hescliam, are figured by Marcel p. 38.
726 A. D. (Sm. b. d ), edict by Leo III. Isaurus abolishing image-symbols in Christian wor-
diip. — Followed by the refusal of Rome and Western Europe to acknowledge any longer the authority
ot the Byzantine emperors, in taxes or otherwise.
Rumex scntaius of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Calied in Italy “ acetosa roniana ”
or tonda (L enz); and the TTG T p 0 A Q IT 0 9 0 U whose root is prescribed in the treatise Euporist.
II. 4 7 — (Spreng.), may be compared: R. scutatiis was observed by D ’Urville on the island of Milo
(Bory). Westward, is described by iMiller (Steud.) ; is known to grow wild in Switzerland “ inter
acervos lapidum” (P ers.) and as far North as H esse Lat. 51° in Germany (Koch, and A. D ec.);
occurs also “ on w alls” in Holland and the neighbouring portion of France (fl. B at, and Breb.), and
naturalized in BrUain (W ats.); was once cultivated as far North as Sweden (Fries).
port “a 7c2o7l leAg.e Din. ”R (oBmlae.ir), the tax called “ Peter pence,” instituted by Ina king of W essex; to sup“
730 A. D .” (Sm. b. d.). the revolt at Constantinople quelled by Leo III. Isaurus, who deposed
and banished the patriarch Germanus, and appointed in his place the iconoclast Anastasius. In the
course ot the disturbances, the library of ‘-thirty-six thousand” volumes in the church of St. Sophia was destroyed by fire.
* Illicium religiosum of China and Japan. Called “ skimi ” in Japan, and chiefiy employed as a
perfume by the priests of Japan and China— (Kaempf., Siebold, and Lindl.).
Tito q q r o o e m m e u s of Britain, described by Beda hist, eccles. i. i as when rubbed
detaining ught substances like amber, also inflammable, — is doubtIessy>/.
The m u S C U 0 e of Britain, described by Beda as of various colours, reddish, purple, violet
gmraeergnaisnht abceuut se. specially white, sometimes containing p e a r ls,-a r e clearly fresh-water musosve. lss, Unio
The i u C 2c for cooking hanging against the wall, nientioned by Beda vit Cuthb 36 — may be
compared with the g r e y auk Alca impennis. This bird formerly frequent along the Northern shores
othfe t hper eAsetnlatn dtiacy frnoemar lDy eenxmtinarckt. to Newfoundland and Massachusetts Bay on the American side ’ is at
“ 731, June loth ” (Bed. hist. eccl. v. 23), end of the chronicle of Beda ; who (accordiire to his
aTdte“ t) o l d - - H e died in “ 735” (chron. contin. anoti.l Smith,
thi. rd“, tNw e«nt5y- fgift fh" a rchbishop. Nicol.), at Rome, Gregorius the younger succeeded byr Gregbo rius= the
“ T te t e ” t e i de veriL), the Muslims after overrunning a large portion of France, as far as
trhetei reL oiinrteo, fSijn^aalilny. defeated at Tours by Charles Martel. Soon afterwards, they were compelled to
One hundred and fifty-first generation. May ist, 734, onward mostly beyond youth • tlie Chi-
nese poets ffiiou-fou, and Li-tai-pe : the Arab writers, the traveller and botanist Abu Saher, Madain
(dead 768 Gildem ), Ebn El-Ala the grammarian (Lane diet.) : Isidorus Pacensis, Clemens Antisio-
dorensis, Joannes Mailrosius, the monk Antonius Melissa, Fredegaire (Blair) ; Joannes Damascenus
who first composed a system of Divinity from the Greek fathers (Blair), Cosmas of Jerusalem Joannes patriarch of Jerusalem ; Rupertus bishop of Worms. ’
“ In this year ” (Sm. b d.). unsuccessful attempt by Leo III. Isaurus to recover his authority at
Ravenna. His expedition failed, and the city wa.s captured by Lombards. Leo now detached llhria
Greece, and Macedonia from the spiritual authority of Rome to that of the patriarchs of Comstanti?
nople, completing the separation of the Greek and Latin churches.
“ 736 A. D .” (Mason ii. 21), in Burmah, Pungnareka anointed king of Pe»-u He eoverned in
accordance with the divine law, studied the Budhist scriptures, and attended constantly with his
queens, concubines, and courtiers on the preaching of learned teachers and holy priests
fourt“h 74B1y zAan. tiDne. ” em(Aplesrto.)r,. Leo III. Isaurus succeeded by Constantinus VI. Co^p ron^y mus, twent^y-
h is h M ^ ^ ft™ ftft™ succeeded by Zacharias, twenty-sixth arch-
now “b eTghine nsianmg et oy ebaer u” se(d^ sint. ,h iasntodr yN. icol.), the first synod dated by the Christian era: a comppumt-aatuiounn
“ 743 A- D ,” (art de verif), Hescliam succeeded by Walid II., eleventh Ommiad khalif.
„ In this year” (Jap. centen. comm. 90), commencement of a second bronze statue of Budha
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r ,,, 5 5 A. D. (Mar Gabriel, Wisscher, and Coq.-Montbret in rec. voy. et mem 33) the numlier
of Ghnstians in Southern Hindustan having been reduced to “ sixty-four” families, a lar’o-e accession
from Jerusalem and the Luphrates sent out by the patriarch of Babylon under the cliarge of a mer-
t e t e r t e " < A .1 ucYColonists of both sexes and all ages obtained permission ofthe kin»
slSiYCo ’5 ' ft®«‘ "®'to'-al churches, their houses numbering “ four hundred and
fsittaet itae’ V!t e'1 y «to religion Tof tthe s a"c"rfetd j ®bo’®o k®s" fkt’n- o'•w Pn- a"s® f“tróP edresciraene” o(fC thhre isetmiapneitryo)r oHriigoiunaanll-yt scoaumni»
Í t e /e s ’’’ " ^ Byzanl.ne Empire), the name “ Persian tem ples” should be changed lo “ teth sin
“ 746 A. D .” ( B i y peslilenee desolating Europe and A s ia .- I t continued three years
rhe same year (Chron. and Cockayne iii. p 453), Selred king of Essex slain.
In this year (= 8 0 2 Vicrain.,” Vansav., and Wilf. as. res. i.x i 80 Narwaleh bnilf Iwr v-,™, ■
Ehffii!!!'^ ” ®‘ft i t e ft™ ft«®®"/ or kings’ of Giizerat; or accordinYte
n i i X t e l t e i a ’:. «toir capital at A n h a lw a rl,-
his d te te t e KYo oJk"e nf.t "n o'w"t ed"a-ir“o’ "o’ft eJ’afpt’a n. ’4I°n9 ftth’ e first yeSayrn mofu h,”e ra rrte idgen ,v georlidf.,) ,h iStihoeormtou imsupcocreteedde fdr obny!
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