relevée en lui, heightened in him

L 33 Parvis, threshold, properly the space immediately before a church-porch (formerly paraïs, pareïs, paravis), from the L. faradisus. Anastasius the librarian (9th century) thus explains the ecclesiastical

meaning of the word : "" Hic atrium beati Petri, quod faradisus dicitur, estque ante ecclesiam, magnis marmoribus struxit.”

. 24, L 6. SAINTE AGATHE. À virgin and martyr, native of Palermo (3rd century). The Sicilians still preserve great veneration for her, and celebrate her festival on the sth of February.

P. 25, 1 6. Puissé.je. Note the euphonic accent on the + of the verb.

1, 23. /a chaire, the pulpit (O. F. chaire, from the L. cafhedra).. Befvre the sixteenth century the word chaise did not exist, and chaire, like cathedra, had the two meanings of chair and fulpif. In like manner the more modern substantive ckaïre long preserved the double signification. Thus, whilst Montaigne says, ‘‘s'élançant d’une chaire (Chaise) où elle estoit assise,” Molière has, ‘ Les savants ne sont bons que pour prêcher en chaise (chaire).” | |

1. 39. Ce peuple..the Russians. Ivan IIT. (r441—1505) married Sophia, daughter of Thomas Palæologus.

‘ P.26,1L 13. le symbole...the Athanasian Creed. |

1. 14. le terme unique et sacramenfel—the clause on the procession of the Holy Ghost in the creed.

1, 19. 6asané, swarthy, from #asane, sheep-leather. Etym.? |

L 38. éeffroi, the alarm-bell. Peffrot means originally a δεῖ (O. F. éerfroi, from the L. L. &erfredus, which is itself derived from the M. H. G. &ervrit, a watch-tower.

P. 27, 1. 25. ALPHONSE D'ARAGON. This king of Aragon and Castile succeeded to his father in 1416. Loved learning, and received generously the fugitive Greeks after the taking of Constantinople.

ied in 1458.

P. 28, L 38 ANTOINE DE PALERME. The city of Palermo (L. Panormus) was founded by a Phœnician colony. It has often been destroyed by earthquakes. ANTONIO BECCADELLI, better known as ANTONIO PANORMITA (1394—1471), one of the most distinguished dittérateurs of the 15th century, was likewise a clever diplomatist, and rendered important services in that capacity to Alphonso king of Aragon.

P. 29, 1. 35. a PANAGIA, the Holy Virgin. (Gr. παναγία, from πᾶς and ἅγιος). |

P. 30, 1. 8 Ze parjure union de Florence. Allusion to the council held at Florence in 1439 (18th œcumen.) for the union of the Latin and Greek churches.

P. 32, L 11. saumätre, briny (from L. L. salmastrum, derived from sal, salt).

1, 15. SYRACUSE (L. Syracuse, It, Siragosa), equally celebrated for its geographical position, the fertility of its soil, and the part it has played in the political history of the world. The siege particularly referred to in the text is the one which took place 414—413 B.C., and which ended by the defeat of the Athenians.

L 17. ce Proscenium...the stage, in the old theatres.

P. 33, L 14. LES MORES DE GRENADE ET DE XÉRÈS. Granada was taken in 1492, and Xeres de la Frontera (L. asia Regia) in 1255, from the Moors.

1]. 27. landes, waste lands.

P. 34, L 10. Y#és, shafts (from the L. Jusfis) : ΧΟ means also ἃ eask, and its original signification is τορρί,

L 26. Ze pronaos (rpôvaos or πρόδρομος) the vestibule of the temiple.

P. 35, L 22. NICÉPHORE D'HÉRACLÉE. On the share taken by him in the council of Florence, see Milman’s Zaf. Christ. 111. 293: He subscribed the union, but professed, finally, his bitter remorse of conscience for having done 50.

P. 36, 1. 22. Le couvent célèbre du mont Liban. This convent, erected during the xr2th century, and destroyed in 182r by the Turks, was rebuilt in 1828.

P. 37, 1. 7. JEANNE DE NAPLES. This unfortunate queen had succeeded in 1414 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 relic-case, is a word of the same origin; hence enchésser.