[521] All these illustrations are from book ii. of Critobulus.
[522] Fallmerayer’s Geschichte des Kaiserthums von Trapezunt. Not only is this work the great authority for the history of Trebizond, but Fallmerayer himself brought to light the most valuable materials for its history. He was the discoverer in Venice of the chronicles of Panaretos in the library of Cardinal Bessarion. Since Fallmerayer wrote, the MS. of Critobulus has been discovered. In book iv. a full account is given of the capture of Trebizond and the treatment of its emperors. Finlay’s History of Trebizond is very good, but he wrote without seeing the account of Critobulus.
[523] iii. 302.
[524] Crit. bk. iii. ch. xxi. and xxii.
[525] Von Hammer, iii. 282.
[526] i. 32.
[527] Voyage au Levant par ordre du roy, 1630.
[528] Turcorum Origo, p. 22.
[529] This was Gentile Bellini, who arrived in Constantinople in 1479 and left at the end of 1480. He was sent, at the request of the sultan, by the Doge of Venice.
[530] Crit. bk. iv. ch. ix.