landes, waste lands

P. 34, 1. 10. fûts, shafts (from the L. ftistis) '.fût means aiso a cask, and its original signification is wood.

1. 26. le pronaos {irpôva.o'i or TrpôSpoaos) the ver,ubule of the temple.

P. 35, 1. 22. NiCKPiîORE d'HÉraclée. On the share taken by him in the council of Florence, see Mihnan's Lat. Christ, m. 293. He subscribed the union, but professed, finally, his bitter remorse of conscience for having done so.

P. 36, 1. 22. le couvent célèbre du mont Liban. This convent, erected during the i2th century, and destroyed in 1821 by the Turks, was rebuilt in 1828.

P- 37> 1- 7- Jeanne de Naples. This unfortunate queen had succeeded in 14 14 to the throne of Naples. She died in 1435.

1. 31. cassette, a casket, from the O. F. casse (now caisse) a box. L. capsa. Châsse, a relie case, is a word of the same origin; hence enchâsser.