{"collection":"earth","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/earth/ct/ct17.htm","path":"earth/ct/ct17.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/earth/ct/ct17.htm","text":"Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography (1897) pp. 393-398. Index\n \n Aaron, official robes of, 123\n \n Abel, 168-170\n \n Abia, 153, Plate 16\n \n Abraham, 177, 253-4\n \n Abraham of Cascar, 24\n \n Abyssinia, 55, 60\n \n Acesin\u00eas, R., 75\n \n Adam, 78, 79, 81, 165-7, 218, 235;\n \n Aden, 63\n \n Adul\u00ea, vii, x, 54, 6r, 66, 366, 368, 371\n \n Aeolis, 35\n \n Agam\u00e8, 60\n \n Agau, vii, 52\n \n Agriobous (Wild-ox), 360-1\n \n Agrippa (King), 217\n \n Albatrosses, v, 40\n \n Alexander the Great, 18, 36, 69, 72, 74, 75, 119, 366, 375, 382-3\n \n Alexandria in Egypt, viii, xviii, 23, 50, 54, 245, 247\n \n Aloes, 366\n \n Angels, creation of the, 102; their functions, xix, xxiv, 76, 78, 81, 105, 228; 320-7, 345; their place of abode, 280-7, 328, 347; their destiny, 82-3\n \n Anastasius, 246\n \n Angabe, 61\n \n Anna the Prophetess, 210\n \n Annine, 62\n \n Antigonus, 69\n \n Antioch, 18, 25, 120, 246\n \n Antioch of Pisidia, 201, 279\n \n Antiochus I, 18, 72\n \n Antiochus II, 72\n \n Antiochus IV (Epiphanes, Theos), 69, 207, 375\n \n Antipodes, xx, 5, 14, 17, 86, 136-7\n \n A pion, 378\n \n Apocalypse of Paul, 290\n \n Apollinarians, ix\n \n Apollinarius, 213\n \n Apollonius Molon, 377\n \n Amethyst, 364, 365\n \n Amos, 198-9\n \n Amphilochius (of Iconium), 290\n \n Apostles, teaching of the, 212\n \n Arabah, the, 203\n \n Arabia Felix (Sabaea, Yemen), 35, 37, 38, 64, 66, 120\n \n Arabitae, 64, 66\n \n Ararat, Mt., 33\n \n Archangels, functions of, 88\n \n Archimedes, 125\u00a0\n Argellia (cocoa-nuts), 362\n \n Arians, ix, 258\n \n Aries (Zodiac sign), 13, 139\n \n Arius, 213\n \n Aristotle, 4, 11, 18, 117, 121, 125, 360,\n \n 376\n \n Ark (Noah's), 33, 44, 46, 91, 171-2, 376\u00a0\n Armenia, 375\u00a0\n Arsaces, 72\u00a0\n Arsino\u00ea, Queen, 57\u00a0\n Arsino\u00ea, city of, 120\u00a0\n Aromatics, country of, see Barbaria\u00a0\n Artaxerxes Mn\u00eam\u00f4n, 360\u00a0\n Arts, invention of the, 122-5\u00a0\n Asia (Minor), 120\u00a0\n As\u00f4ka, inscription of, 363\u00a0\n Assyrians, 37\n \n Astronomy, the Ptolemaic, 6-8\u00a0\n Atalm\u00f4, 62\u00a0\n Atbara R., 60, 61, 62\u00a0\n Athagdus, 61\u00a0\n Athanasius (B. of Alexandria), festal letters of, 290, 332\u00a0\n Athanasius (friend of Cosmas), xxiii, Book VII addressed to him, 263\u00a0\n Athenians, the, 229, 381\u00a0\n Atlantis, island of, 376, 380\u00a0\n Aua, 61\n \n Augusti, line of the, 71\u00a0\n Augustine, St., 17, 258\u00a0\n Axum, Axomis, vi, 39, 50, 54, 59, 61, 120, 245, 249, 359\n \n Babel, Tower of, 91-93, 225, 377-9\u00a0\n Babylon, Babylonians, 36, 58, 68, 91, 313, 315. 316, 375\u00a0\n Bactrians, 37, 49, 120\u00a0\n Balaam, 182\u00a0\n Balkh, 37\n \n Baptism, 183-4, 220; for the dead, 273\u00a0\n Barbaria (frankincense country), vii, 34,38, 39, 48, 51, 65, 66, 67, 252\u00a0\n Barygaza (Bharoch), 369, 371\u00a0\n Basil, St., 290, 332\u00a0\n Beazley, Mr. Raymond, quoted, xiii,xxiv\n \n Bega, 62\n \n Bells, the golden, 156, 158\u00a0\n Berenice, Queen, 57\u00a0\n Berenice, hair of, 58-59\u00a0\n Berenice, or Ptolemais Th\u00e9r\u00f4n, 58\u00a0\n Berenice, city of, 126\u00a0\n B\u00earosus, 312, 375\u00a0\n Bigot, Emeric, i\u00a0\n Blemmyes, 64, 371\n \n Borysthenes, R., 247\u00a0\n Brachmans, 48\u00a0\n Bulgarians, 121\u00a0\n Byron, quoted, 301\u00a0\n Byzantium, see Constantinople\n \n Caber, 367\n \n Cadmus, 381\n \n Caesar, Julius, 378\n \n Cain, 123, 126\n \n Calliana, 119, 366\n \n Cambyses, 58, 59\n \n Canaan, 36, 173\n \n Canopus, Synod of, 58\n \n Cappadocia, 120\n \n Captivity, the Babylonian, 208\n \n Carbuncle, 373\n \n Carrhae, 178\n \n Caria, 57\n \n Caspian Sea, 39, 50, 131, 370\n \n Cassaniti, 37\n \n Castor-oil, 366\n \n Cataracts of the Nile, 24, 50\n \n Catholic Epistles, 290-2\n \n Ceylon, vi, viii, xx, xxiv, 48-9, 118-9; its different names, 363; its size, 364; its kings, 364-5; its trade, 365-7\n \n Chaeremon, 377\n \n Chair with Greek inscriptions, 54-68\n \n Chaldaeans., 24, 91; their kings, 375\n \n Charton, M., xiii\n \n Cherubim, in, 146, 329, 330\n \n Chosroes, 18, 73\n \n Christ, His conception, 139, 142; birth, 143, 221, 236, 242; earthly life, 219; temptation, 220; miracles, 98, 115, 116; transfiguration, 192-3; passion, 81, 140-1, 205,\n 253; resurrection, 196-201, 229; ascension, 219, 220-1, 356-7; second coming, 237-8, 256; two natures, 84, 258, 359\n \n Christianity, nations converted to, ix,\n \n 384\u00a0\n Chrysostom, St., 17, 291, 333, 349;quoted, 345-8\u00a0\n Ciborium, 75\n \n Cicero, quoted, 11, 17, 378\u00a0\n Cilicia, 58, 120\u00a0\n Cimmerii, 35\u00a0\n Cinaedocolpitae, 64, 66\u00a0\n Circumcision, 27, 119\u00a0\n Cleopatra, 70\u00a0\n Climates, 247\u00a0\n Cloves, 366\u00a0\n Clysma, xx, 142\u00a0\n Cocoa-nuts, see Argellia\u00a0\n Colchos, 120\u00a0\n Colossians, the, 229\u00a0\n Comana, 346\u00a0\n Comorin, C., 39\u00a0\n Cone, shadow cast by a, 250\u00a0\n Constantinople, x, xi, xviii, 24, 150, 239, 246; Council of, 213, 291\u00a0\n Constantinus, 2\u00a0\n Corinth, 18\u00a0\n Corinthians, the, 229, 230\n \n Cosmas, name of, iv; his biography, iv-viii; sect, ix; veracity, xii; cosmology, xv-xvii; maps and sketches, xxv; place in history, xxv; work on geography, 2\n \n Cretans, 230, 381\n \n Crimea, 35\n \n Ctesias of Cnidus, 360\n \n Cupping-glass, 19\n \n Cush, 36, passim\n \n Cyclades, 57\n \n Cyprus, 35, 36, 37\n \n Cyrano, 120\n \n Cyrus, 68, 314-5\n \n Dalmatians, 121\n \n Daniel, 204, 207, 308, 317, 379; interpretation of his vision and ihe image, 68, 73\n \n Darius the Mede, 68\n \n David, 184\n \n Day and Night, vicissitudes of, 132\n \n Death, why inflicted on man, 162-3; how introduced, 219\n \n De La Croze, ix, xiv\n \n Denarii, 370\n \n Devil, see Satan\n \n Diapsalma (Selah), 185\n \n Dillmann, 61, 64, 65\n \n Diodorus Siculus, quoted, 75\n \n Diodorus (of Tarsus), ix\n \n Diodorus, Island of, 60\n \n Dionysus, King of Egypt, 70\n \n Dioscorides, see Socotra\n \n Dolphin, 363\n \n Dumb barter, 51-54\n \n Earth, one here and one beyond the ocean, 33; the one here divided between the sons of Noah, 34-37; its length and breadth, 49-51; its shape, 132; its position, 136; its flatness, 252\n \n Earth beyond the Ocean, 376\n \n Earthquakes, 17-18, 86\n \n Easter, 122, 353\n \n Ebionites, 308\n \n Eclipses, 4, 9, 116-7, 121, 133, 238, 246, 322-31, 385\n \n Eden, see Paradise\n \n Edessa, 25, 72\n \n Edfu, 245\n \n Egypt, 2, 18; passim\n \n Elamites, 37, 120\n \n Elanitic Gulf, 154\n \n Elbe R., 75\n \n Elements, the four, 10-12, 15, 20, 85-6; fire and water, 338\n \n Elephants, 57, 58, 370, 371; fight of,372\u00a0\n Elesboas, King of Axum, vii, x, 52, 54,55, 359\n \n Elijah, 115, 194-5, 200, 206, 255\u00a0\n Elim, 56, 143\u00a0\n Elis, 35\n \n Elisa (Elishah), 35\u00a0\n Elisabeth (John Baptist's Mother), 210\n \n Embryons dying in the womb, destiny of, 296-7\u00a0\n Emeralds, 371\u00a0\n Enoch, 167, 171, 254-5\u00a0\n Entelecheia, meaning of, 11\u00a0\n Epicycles, 8, 13\n \n Ephesians, the, 229; Epistle to the, 346\u00a0\n Ephesus, 222, 230; council of, 239\u00a0\n Ephorus quoted, 73-75\u00a0\n Epiphanius (B. of Cyprus), 349; quoted,344-5\n \n Epiphany, 143\u00a0\n Erythraean Sea, 38\u00a0\n Esau, 179\n \n Ethiopia, vi, 20, 34, passim\u00a0 \n Eunuch, the Ethiopian, 199\u00a0\n Eunuchs, 317\u00a0\n Euphrates, R., 41, 58, 76\u00a0\n Eusebius Pamphili, 72, 111, 142, 290-1,375\n \n Eutych\u00eas, 213\u00a0\n Eutychians, ix\u00a0\n Euxine Sea, 35\u00a0\n Eve, 167, 235\n \n Exodus, the, from Egypt, 141, 142, 254\u00a0\n Ezekiel, 203\n \n Festus, 279\n \n Firmament, the, 231, 336-9, passim\u00a0 \n Flood, the Noachian, i 14, 136, 375;\u00a0\n Floyer, Mr., quoted, 245\u00a0\n Franks, the, 121\n \n Gabala, 62, 66\n \n Gadeira (Cadiz), 34, 35, 36, 38, 50, 75, 120, 121, 376\n \n Galatians, the, 229\n \n Galaxy, the, 14\n \n Galilee, 203\n \n Gallandi, xiii\n \n Gambela, 61\n \n Ganges K., 48\n \n Garamantes. 120\n \n \n Gaudia, \n 364\n \n Gaz\u00ea, 60\n \n Gellius, Aulus, 378\n \n G\u00eaon R., 41\n \n Gibbon quoted, xiii, 25, 120, 121, 239,\n \n 354. 365. 370\n \n Giraffe, 359\n \n Glaser, Dr. E., 60, 61, 64, 65\n \n Gog and Magog, 198\n \n Gold mines; q2, 53\n \n Gollas, 370-1\n \n Gomer, 35\n \n Goths, 121\n \n Gravitation, law of, illustrated, 28-29\n \n Greeks, invective against the, 382; relapse of the, into infidelity, 385-6\n \n Gregory, St., 332\n \n Gregory (B. of Nazianzus), 332-3\n \n Guardafui, C., v, vii, 36, 60\n \n Gulfs, the four, 101, 131\n \n Guzerat, 48\n \n Habakkuk, 201\n \n Haggai, 204\n \n Ham, 34, 36, 373\n \n Harrar, 60\n \n Havilah (Euilat), 372\n \n Heavenly bodies, 76, 101; motions of the, 84-85; course of the, 321-330\n \n Heavens, the, indissolubility of, xxiii, 268; fixity of, 16; number of, 114, 134, 267; sphericity of, denied, 239, 347-8; duration of, 263-296\n \n Hebrews, the, 230\n \n Hedjaz, 60, 64\n \n Hellespont, 58, 247\n \n Hercules, pillars of, 36\n \n Herod, 200\n \n Heruli, 121\n \n Hezekiah, song of, 305-311; sun dial of, 311-313\n \n Hieroglyphics, 94\n \n Himyari, see Homerites\n \n Hiouen Thsiang, 365\n \n Hipparchus, 244\n \n Hobia, or Obbia, 64\n \n Hog-deer, 361-2\n \n Homer, 380-1\n \n Homerites, vii, x, 37, 39, 52, 55, 251-2, 366, 372\n \n Homologus, 3\n \n Horatae, 367\n \n Horeb, Mt., 144\n \n Horses, Persian, 372\n \n Hosea, 195-6\n \n Huns, 37, 120, 370-1\n \n Hunter, Sir W., 370-1\n \n Hyacinth-stone, 364, 365, 368\n \n Hydaspes, R., 75\n \n Hyperid\u00e8s, 147\n \n \n Hypostasis, \n 233\n \n Hyrcanian Sea, see Caspian Sea\n \n Hyrcanians, 72\n \n Iberia (Spain), 50\n \n Illyrians, 121\n \n Image, man the, of God, 235\n \n India, 36, 37, 49, passim; Further India, 39; India tertia, 39\u00a0\n Indiction 246, 354\u00a0\n Indus, R., 48; identified with the Phison, 372\n \n Inscriptions at Adul\u00ea, ii, vii, 54-68\u00a0\n Ionia, 58\n \n Iouuia (Iounnia?), 49\u00a0\n Irenaeus, 290\u00a0\n Isaac, 177-9, 254\u00a0\n Isaiah, 199, 200, 307-8\u00a0\n Ishmaelites, 158\u00a0\n Israelites; how fed and clothed in the Wilderness, 158\n \n Jacob. 179-181; ladder of, 282\u00a0\n Japhet, 35, 173\u00a0\n Jasper-stone, 372\u00a0\n Jeremiah 202\u00a0\n Joel, 196-7\n John St., Gospel of, 222-4\n \n John the Baptist, 142, 206,200-10, 219-220\n \n Jonah, 98, 198-9, 379\u00a0\n \n Joseph, 254\n \n Joshua (son of Nun), 115, 117, 160-1\u00a0\n \n Josephus. 111, 311, 375\u00a0\n \n Judah,181\u00a0\n \n Judas Iscariot, 223\u00a0\n \n Judgment, the last, 278; oracular plate\n \n of, 155-6\n \n Jupiter, the planet, 11, 13\u00a0\n \n Justinian, 18, 48, 55\u00a0\n \n Justinus I, x, 55\n \n \n Kalaa, 61\n \n Karinoi, 178\n \n Kasu, 64\n \n \n Katoptrisomenoi, \n 232\n \n Kav\u00e9ra, 367\n \n K\u00e2v\u00earipattam, see: Cahor\n \n Kelts, 73\n \n K\u00eatioi (Cyprians), 36\n \n Khartum, vii\n \n \n Klima. \n meanings of, 244\n \n \n Kidaris \n (turban), 156\n \n \n Laccadive Islands, 364\n \n Lacedemonians, 381\n \n Lactantius, quoted 17\n \n Laodicea, 213\n \n Lazarus, 109, 223\n \n Lazica, 120\n \n Laxin\u00ea, 62, 66\n \n Letters, knowledge of, given to Moses, 110, 112\n \n Leuce C\u00f4m\u00ea, 64\n \n Libya, 36, 37, 40, 57, 120\n \n Lotus, the, 75\n \n Ludolf, Job, 56\n \n Luke, St., 221-2\n \n Luxor, 245\n \n Lycia, 57\n \n Lysimachus, a grammarian, 377-8\n \n \n Maccabees, 69\n \n Macedonia, 68, 69, 70\n \n Maeotic Lake. 247\n \n Magi, the, 72\n \n Magog, 35\n \n Malachi, 205-6\n \n Malala, John, 55\n \n Male (Malabar), 48, 119, 366, 367\n \n Man, God's image, 104; creation of, 104-5; how constituted, 104-6; upright figure of, 108-9\n \n Manetho, 377\n \n Mangarouth (Mangalor), 367\n \n Manichaeans, ix, xxi, 212, 242, 258, 259\n \n Manna., 144\n \n Marah, or Merrha, 144\n \n Marallo, 367\n \n Mareb, R., 60\n \n Marcionites, ix, 213, 273\n \n Marco Polo, 305\n \n Mark, St., 220-1\n \n Marmora, Sea of, 54\n \n Mars, the planet, 11, 13\n \n Martin, V. de Saint, 59-60, 63, 65\n \n Mary, the Virgin, 69, 71, 210, 354;\n \n \n Mother of God,\n x, 25, 239\u00a0\n \n Masius, Mt., 50\u00a0\n \n Mass\u00e2wa, 60\u00a0\n \n Mauretania, 120\u00a0\n \n Media, 35, 58, 68, 120\u00a0\n \n Megasthen\u00eas, 363, 371\u00a0\n \n Melchisedec, 175-7\u00a0\n \n Menander, 147\u00a0\n \n Menas, vii, 50\u00a0\n \n Mercy-seat, the, 111, 146\u00a0\n \n Merodach, 312\n \n Mero\u00e8, vii, 36, 37, 38, 64, 247\u00a0\n \n Meshech, 35\u00a0\n \n Mesopotamia, 58, 120\u00a0\n \n Mesraim (Egyptians and Ethiopians),36, 373\n \n \n Metalepsis \n (H. Communion), 140,231-3\u00a0\n \n Metaxa (silk), 366\u00a0\n \n Metine, 62\u00a0\n \n Micah, 200-1\u00a0\n \n Midianites, 158\u00a0\n \n Migdol, 141 Miliarision, 369\u00a0\n \n Millennium, the, 241\u00a0\n \n Mingrelians, 120\u00a0\n \n Mithras, xx, i 15\u00a0\n \n Mithridates I, 72\u00a0\n \n Money, the Roman, 73, 369\u00a0\n \n Montanists, 241-2\u00a0\n \n Montfaucon, Father, ii, passim \u00a0\n \n Moon, circle of the, 321-2; created at full illumination, 342-3\u00a0\n \n Moses, 94-7, 181-4, passim \u00a0\n \n Mountain, the conical, xviii, xxiii, 132,134\n \n Music, instruments of, 184\u00a0\n \n Musk, 366\u00a0\n \n Musk-deer, 360\n \n \n Nablus, 241\n \n Nahuni, 201\n \n Nalopatana, 367\n \n Nebuchadnezzar (Nabuchodonosor ), 68, 70, 115, 207, 117\n \n Neo-Platonists, Pantheism of, xxi\u00a0\n \n Nestorius, 232\n \n Nile, 41, 52, 245; sources of the, vii, viii\u00a0\n \n Nisibis, 24, 48, 49\u00a0\n \n Noah, 44-5, 172-6, 253\u00a0\n \n Nomisma, 369\u00a0\n \n Nubia. 36, 62, 120. 371\n \n \n Oasis, the Greater, 25\u00a0\n \n Obadiah, 198\u00a0\n \n Origen, 301\u00a0\n \n Origenists, 333\u00a0\n \n Orrhotha, 307\u00a0\n \n Oryx, 361\u00a0\n \n Ouraniskos, 338\u00a0\n \n Ousia, 233\u00a0\n \n Oxus, R., 370, 371\n \n \n Palestine, 35, 36, 58, 120\n \n Palibothra (Patna), 58\n \n Pamphilus (of Jerusalem), 3, 4, 23, 90,128, 313\n \n Pamphilus (B. of Caesarea), 290\u00a0\n \n Pamphylia, 58\u00a0\n \n Paradise, xx, 33, 47, 76, 81, 89, 123,131, 152, 174, 253, 329, 342, 347, 349,372\n \n \n Paralipomena \n (Chronicles), 208\u00a0\n \n Paran, 144\u00a0\n \n Parthia, 72\u00a0\n \n Parti, 367\n \n Passover, the, 138-9, 182, 241, 333-4\u00a0\n \n Patana, 367\u00a0\n \n Patricius, ix, 24, 316\u00a0\n \n Paul, St., 227-230; rapture of, into\n \n heaven, xxv, 116-7, 227-8, 256, 267, 326-8\n \n Pentapolis, 120\u00a0\n \n Pepper, 119, 366, 367\u00a0\n \n Pepper-tree, 362\u00a0\n \n Perdiccas, 69\u00a0\n \n Persarmenia, 41, 76, 120\u00a0\n \n Persia, 48, 49, passim\u00a0 \n \n Persian Christians, Church of, 365\u00a0\n \n Peter (friend of Cosmas), xxiii, 304, 317-8\n \n Peter, St., 224-6\u00a0\n \n Petra, 64\u00a0\n \n Pharaoh, 94, 141\u00a0\n \n Phasis. R., 120\u00a0\n \n Phazinia (Fezzan), 120\u00a0\n \n Philemon, 230\u00a0\n \n Philippians, the, 229\u00a0\n \n Philometor, 70\n \n Philon (13. of Carpathus), 349-51\u00a0\n \n Phison, R., 366, 372\u00a0\n \n Phoenicia, 35, 57, 120, 381\u00a0\n \n Ph\u0153nic\u00f4n, 143\u00a0\n \n Photius, iii, xi\u00a0\n \n Phut (Libyans), 36, 373\u00a0\n \n Physcon, 384\u00a0\n \n Pisces (Zodiac sign), 13\u00a0\n \n Plagues of Egypt, 95-8\u00a0\n \n Planets, the, 35, 300, 324; motions of the, 8, 13, 14\n \n Plato, 91, 117, 121, 125, 376\u00a0\n \n Pliny, 367, 370\u00a0\n \n Phoca (the seal), 363\u00a0\n \n Point de Galle, 365\u00a0\n \n Polycarp, 290\n \n Pomegranates, the golden, 156, 158\u00a0\n \n Pontus, 120\u00a0\n \n Poudopatana, 367\u00a0\n \n Priests, garments of, 154-8\u00a0\n \n Proclus, 376\n \n Proconnesus, Island of, 54\u00a0\n \n Procopius, 366\n \n Prophecies, how written, 207-8\u00a0\n \n Propitiation. Ark of, 153\u00a0\n \n Psalms, contents of the, and how composed, 184-194\u00a0\n \n Ptolemais. 120\u00a0\n \n Ptolemy S\u00f4t\u00ear, 57, 69. 70\u00a0\n \n Ptolemy Philadelphia. 57, 383\n \n Ptolemy Euerget\u00e9s, 54, 57, 58, 70, 252\u00a0\n \n Ptolemy, the astronomer, 117, 125, 249, 364\n \n Punishments, the future, 216-7, 238\u00a0\n \n Pythagoras, 91, 121\u00a0\n \n Pytheas, 74, 75\n \nQuadrature of the circle, 125\n \n Rae, Dr. Milne, xiv\n \n Rain, how produced, 18-20, 86\n \n Red Sea, or Arabian Gulf, passim\n \n Resurrection, the, 220, 240, 260, 272-7,382\u00a0\n \n Rewards, nature of the future, 216-7, 231, 241\n \n Rhaithu, vii, 56, 143\u00a0\n \n Rhapsii, 63\u00a0\n \n Rhaptum, 39\u00a0\n \n Rhinoceros, 358-9, 360\u00a0\n \n Rhodes, xviii, 36, 246, 247\u00a0\n \n Rhongcosura, 362\u00a0\n \n Rome, 50, 220\u00a0\n \n Roman Empire, 70-3\u00a0\n \n Ruby (the Ceylonese), 365\u00a0\n \n Ruth, Book of, 298\n \n \n Saba, see Arabia Felix\n \n Sacrament (the Holy), 241-2\n \n Salopatana, 367\n \n Salt, Mr., 54, 60, 359\n \n Samaritans, 241-2, 257-260\n \n Sandal-wood, 366\n \n Sassanidae, 72\n \n Sasu, 51-2, 64, 66\n \n Satan, 76, 78, 83, 102, 105, 215, 219, 228, 352\n \n Scamander R., 371\u00a0\n \n Scete, desert of, 24\u00a0\n \n Scythia, 35, 40, 370\u00a0\n \n Scythians, 121, 198\u00a0\n \n Seleucia, 49, 50\u00a0\n \n Seleucus Nicator, 18, 58, 69\u00a0\n \n Seleucus, Iambic verses addressed to, 290-1\n \n Self-identity, retention of our, 276\u00a0\n \n Semenoi, the, 61, 62, 67\u00a0\n \n Senaar, 49\u00a0\n \n Sennacherib, 300-7\u00a0\n \n Septuagint, the, 361, 383\u00a0\n \n Seraphim, 199\n \n Seres (Northern Chinese), 367\u00a0\n \n Sesame, 366\u00a0\n \n Sesea, 63, 65 \u00a0 \n \n Seth. 167, 182-3\u00a0\n \n Severianus (B. of Gabala), 17, 291; quoted, 334-343\u00a0\n \n Shadows, 244-252; various lengths of, 262; retrogression of, on Hezekiah's\n \n sun-dial, 311\u00a0\n \n Sheba (Sabaea, or Yemen), Queen of, 52\n \n Shem, 34, 173\u00a0\n \n Shew-bread, 318. 324\u00a0\n \n Sibor (Chaul), 367\u00a0\n \n Sidonians, 37\n \n Sielediba, see Ceylon\n \n Sigye, 60\n \n Silk, 48, 49, 366\n \n Simeon, 197, 211\n \n Sinae (Southern Chinese), 367\n \n Sinai, desert of, viii; inscriptions on rocks of, xx, 159-60\u00a0\n \n Sindh, 366\u00a0\n \n Sindu, 366\n \n Socotra, island of, xx, 119\u00a0\n \n Socrates, 121\u00a0\n \n S\u00f4late, 63\u00a0\n \n Solomon, 208\u00a0\n \n Solon, 380\u00a0\n \n Somalis, 60\n \n Song of songs, xxii, 305\u00a0\n \n Sopatrus, 368\u00a0\n \n Souls, pre-existence of, 301; nature of, 103; circumscription of, 21, 22, 87;\n \n transmigration of, 260, 301\u00a0\n \n Spartel C., 120\u00a0\n \n Spermologos, 9, 279\u00a0\n \n Spheres, the crystalline, 8; the nine, 300; revolution of, 135\u00a0\n \n Stephanas (an abbot) , 245\u00a0\n \n Stephen (first martyr), 218, 226-7\u00a0\n \n Substantia, 233\u00a0\n \n Suez, 142\u00a0\n \n Sun, size of, xviii, xxiii, 244-252; circle of, 321-2; daily course of, 41, 43,\n \n 132-4, 340\u00a0\n \n Sun-dials, 245; degrees how marked on, 311\n \n Sur, or Shur, 143\u00a0\n \n Surat, 367\u00a0\n \n Susiana, 37, 58, 59\u00a0\n \n Syria, 57, 68, 120\u00a0\n \n Sy\u00ean\u00e9, 245, 249\n \n \n Tabernacle prepared by Moses, xv, 6, 24, 26, 43, 97, no, 114, 122, 254; description of, 138-161; outer and inner, 150-1; door of, 151; curtains of, 147; court of, 154; veil of, 153; pillars of, 147-9; table of, 31, 46, 152; a pattern of the world, 145, 149\n \n Tablet of Basanite with Greek inscription, 57-9\n \n Takazze R., 60-62\n \n \n Tamieion, \n 351\n \n Tana, lake, 52, 60, 61\n \n Tangaitae, 62\n \n Taprobane, sec Ceylon\n \n Tartarus, 260\n \n Taurelaphus, or bull-stag, 359\n \n Temple (of Jerusalem), 99, 100, 117-8,\n \n 383\n \n Tennent, Sir E, quoted, 364, 368, 370\u00a0\n \n Testimony, Ark of the, 111, 146\u00a0\n \n Teucer (the Locrian), 380\u00a0\n \n Thaddaeus, 72\n \n Tharseis (Tarshish, Tartessus), 30\u00a0\n \n Theba\u00efd, 20\n \n Theodoras (of Mopsuestia), ix, 25\u00a0\n \n Theodosius(B. of Alexandria), x, quoted\n \n Theophilus, St. Luke's disciple, 221-2\n \n Theophilus (B. of Alexandria), 333-4\n \n Th\u00eares (Thracians), 35, 36\n \n Thessalonians, the, 229\n \n Thibet, 48\n \n Thomas of Edessa, 24\n \n Thevenot, ii, 364, 368\n \n Thul\u00e8, 49\n \n Tiama, 61\n \n Tiamo, 61\n \n Tibareni, the, 35\n \n Tigr\u00e9, 60, 61, 62, 65\n \n Tigris, R., 41, 49\n \n Timaeus, 379, 380\n \n Timotheus the younger, x, 353; quoted\n \n 354-7\n \n Timothy, 230\u00a0\n \n Titus, 230\n \n Tongues, the gift of, 225\u00a0\n \n Toupha, 360\n \n Tower of Babel, see Babel\u00a0\n \n Trebizond, 120\u00a0\n \n Tree of Knowledge, 329, 341; of Life, 166\n \n Trinity (the divine), 233, 258\u00a0\n \n Trinquemala, 365\u00a0\n \n Troglodytes, 36, 54, 57, 69\u00a0\n \n Tropics, the, 43\u00a0\n \n Tubal, 35\u00a0\n \n Turtle, the, 363\u00a0\n \n Twelve months, circle of the, 318-9,322-3, 325\n \n Tyrians, antiquities of the, 380\u00a0\n \n Tzinitza (China), 48, 49, 366\n \n \n Unicorn, the, 360-1\n \n Urim and Thummim, 155\n \nVirgins, parable of the ten, 210\n \n Walls, the, joining earth and heaven. 30\u00a0\n \n Wise Men of the East, the, 197\u00a0\n \n Woman, creation of, 109-110\u00a0\n \n World, creation of the, 83; figure of the, 129-137, 261-2\n \n \n Xenophanes, 75\u00a0\n \n Xisuthrus, 375\n \n \n Year, length of the, 321-2\u00a0\n \n Yemen, see Arabia Felix\u00a0\n \n Yule, Sir H., xiii, xvii, xx, xxi, 119, 120, 367\n \n \n Zaa, 62, 66\n \n Zachariah, 153. 210\n \n Zechariah, 205\n \n Zephaniah (Sophonias), 202\n \n Zerubbabel, 204, 205\n \n Zingabene, 61\n \n Zingium or Zingion, 38. 39, 52\n \n Zodiac, the, 324\n \n Zone, the torrid, 249\n \n Zoroaster, 72\n \n Z\u00f4skales, 65\n \n Zulla, see Adul\u00ea","title":"Christian Topography: Index","type":"page"}