. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . corruption of it, arising perhapsclerically from the constant confusion of c and / in MSS. (See Defremery, quoted byPauthier, in loco.) [Old French tarquais (13th century), Hatzfeldt and DarmestetersDiet, gives: Coivres orent ceinzet tarchais. (Wace, Ron, III., 7698; 12th century).] Note 3.—[It seems to me [Dr. Bretschneider] that Polo took the towers,mentioned by the Chinese author, in the angles of the galleries and of the Kung-cheng for palaces ; for further on he states, that over each gate [of Ca
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . corruption of it, arising perhapsclerically from the constant confusion of c and / in MSS. (See Defremery, quoted byPauthier, in loco.) [Old French tarquais (13th century), Hatzfeldt and DarmestetersDiet, gives: Coivres orent ceinzet tarchais. (Wace, Ron, III., 7698; 12th century).] Note 3.—[It seems to me [Dr. Bretschneider] that Polo took the towers,mentioned by the Chinese author, in the angles of the galleries and of the Kung-cheng for palaces ; for further on he states, that over each gate [of Cambalucj thereis a great and handsome palace. I have little doubt that over the gates of Cambaluc,stood lofty buildings similar to those over the gates of modern Peking. These tower-like buildings are called Ion by the Chinese. It may be very likely, that at the timeof Marco Polo, the war harness of the Khan was stored in these towers of the palacewall. The author of the Chne keng hi, who wrote more than fifty years later, assignsto it another place. (Bretschneider, Peking, 32.)—II. C]. 368 MARCO POLO Book II. Note 4.—The stores are now outside the walls of the Prohibited City, corres-ponding to Polos Palace-Wall, but within the walls of the Imperial City. {MiddleKingdom, I. 61.) See the cut at p. 376. Note 5.—The two gates near the corners apparently do not exist in the Palacenow. On the south side there are three gates to the Palace, both in the inner andthe outer walls. The middle one is absolutely reserved for the entrance or exit of theEmperor; all other people pass in and out by the gate to the right or left of it.{Trigautius, Bk. I. ch. vii.) This custom is not in China peculiar to Royalty. Inprivate houses it is usual to have three doors leading from the court to the guest-rooms, and there is a great exercise of politeness in reference to these ; the guest aftermuch pressing is prevailed on to enter the middle door, whilst the host enters by theside. _ (See Degui
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