The Early History of Venice, From the Foundation to the Conquest of Constantinople, A.D. 1204
The Early History of Venice, From the Foundation to the Conquest of Constantinople, A.D. 1204
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) thinks it was not the birds them- selves, but their likenesses inwoven or embroidered on cloth that the courtiers wore : such stuffs were made both by Greek and Arabo- Persian looms.
* Leg., cc. 58, 14, S3~SS- This famous account of the Byzantine court — written in no courtly spirit— is well worth reading. It is to be found in Pertz, SS., iii. pp. 347-363, and in the school edition of Liut- prand's Works reprinted for Pertz by Hahn of Hanover.
EARLY LEVANT TRADE 157 gone and returned by land,... leaving hastily, and apparently by stealth, crossing the Golden Horn in a boat, and thence, m his own words, " asinando, ambulando, equitando, jeju- nando, sitiendo, suspirando, flendo, gemendo " to Naupactus, where he crossed the Adriatic to Otranto. But he had wished to go back earlier in a Venetian merchant ship, and It seems, possible that his clandestine departure had some connexion with certain purple silk palls he had bought for his church, but was not allowed to carry away, on the ground that the export of silk of the imperial colour was prohibited, though he protested that purple silk was worn in Italy by courtesans and monks,^ who bought them of the travelling merchants ^ of Amalfi or Venice.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
) thinks it was not the birds them- selves, but their likenesses inwoven or embroidered on cloth that the courtiers wore : such stuffs were made both by Greek and Arabo- Persian looms.
* Leg., cc. 58, 14, S3~SS- This famous account of the Byzantine court — written in no courtly spirit— is well worth reading. It is to be found in Pertz, SS., iii. pp. 347-363, and in the school edition of Liut- prand's Works reprinted for Pertz by Hahn of Hanover.
EARLY LEVANT TRADE 157 gone and returned by land,... leaving hastily, and apparently by stealth, crossing the Golden Horn in a boat, and thence, m his own words, " asinando, ambulando, equitando, jeju- nando, sitiendo, suspirando, flendo, gemendo " to Naupactus, where he crossed the Adriatic to Otranto. But he had wished to go back earlier in a Venetian merchant ship, and It seems, possible that his clandestine departure had some connexion with certain purple silk palls he had bought for his church, but was not allowed to carry away, on the ground that the export of silk of the imperial colour was prohibited, though he protested that purple silk was worn in Italy by courtesans and monks,^ who bought them of the travelling merchants ^ of Amalfi or Venice.
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