XXVII
Proinde extenta in duas prominentias, quarum altera promunturium Candidum dicitur.… [alter] extenditur intra duas Syrtes, etc. (XXVII, 1 3)
Orñnis haec plaga ab Aethiopia et terminis Asia Nigri fumine, qui Nilum parit, ab Hispania freto scinditur RXVII, 5).
1. Chabaille suggests that Chane stands for Chanaan ; but it evidently represents the Candidum of the Latin text.
2. For the future, as a rule, only the first and last words of the borrowed passages in the Tresor will be given, the corresponding paragraphs in Solinus being indicated by references alone. The dash (—) is employed to indicate that the intermedlate matter (omitted to save space) is derived from the
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Brunetto concludes his chapter on Africa, which completes his survey of the world, with an account of the various names of the Ocean, and à discussion as to the origin of the tides in India (pp. 171, $ 6-172, $ 1), both borrowed from Solinus (XXII, 17-22).
Almost the whole of his chapter on Asia (pp. 152, S 4-161, $ x), with which, unlike Solinus, as we have already pointed out, he commences the geographical section of his work, is made up of excerpts from the Colkctanes (XXXII, 1-LVI, 3).
Li Tresors.
Sachier que Egipte — au flun de Nile (p. 152, $ 4).
Et d'autre part — il devise Aufrique de Aïsie (p. 153, $ 1).
Quant li solaus entre — plenté de touz biens (p. 153, $ 2).
Outre celui leu. est li païs d'Arabe qui s'apartient a la mer Rouge.
Et cl est .j. golf de la mer Oceane qui est devisée en .ÿ. braz, .j. qui est de Perse, et l'autre qui est d'Arabe @:- 154, $ 1)*.
En la riviere de la Rouge mer — 0 tout La toison (p. 154, $ 2).
En celui pais — fenix (p. 154, S 35.
Sounts.
XXXIL, 1,2, 3.
XXXIL, 3, 4, 5
Ultra... Arabia est, ad Rubrum pertinens mare (XXXIII, 1). Rubrum mare in duos sinus scinditur; quorum qui ab oriente est Persicus appellatur... ex adverso unide Arabia est alter Arabicus vocatur (LIV, 12).
XXXIIL, 1.
1. In this passage Brunetto is admittedly quoting, for in speaking of the Tigris (which, as usual, he substitutes for the Niger), he says : “ de quoi Ii contes dit que il devise Aufrique de Aisie ”’. Solinus says : “ quem supra diximus esse terminum limits Africani ”.
2. In the compilation of this paragraph Brunetto has, as is indicated, brought together passages from two widely separated portions of the Collertanes. He has done much the same clsewhere, e. g. in his paragraph on the Dead Sea (Tresor, p. 155, $ 23 see below, p. 70). These circumstances, coupled with the fact that he has separately extracted the passages relating to natural history, point to the conclusion that he tabulated the contents ofSolinus’ work before writing his own.
3. In this paragraph Branetto refers the reader forward to his account of the Phœnix in his section on Birds (Tresor, p. 214; see below, p. 74).
BRUNETTO LATINO'S OBLIGATIONS TO SOLINUS
La terre de Aisie la petite — terre de Mede (p. 157; $1).
Les portes de Caspe — cil leus est apelez Direu (p. 157, $ 1).
Enqui près d'iluec est la terre de Termegire! — Sileuce (p. 158, $ 1).
Après est Bautie* — jusque la GP 158,5 1).
Par enqui se torne la mer de Scite — que li Barbarin apelent Tabi (p.158, SS 1, 2)+.
Après ce sont les grandismes solitudes — ne po ne molt (p. 158, $ 3).
Après ce est la terre de Arace+ sor la mer — entre cele terre et Inde siet le païs de Symicoines entre deus 158, S 4).
Après cele terre siet Inde—demonstrent apertement (p. 159, $ 1, 2).
Gavbaride sont li derrain pucple
