[21]. See p. 449.
[22]. Froehner, “La Collection Tyszkiewicz,” Munich, 1892.
[23]. See p. 415.
[24]. Renaudot, “Ancient Accounts of India and China by Two Mohammedan Travelers,” London, 1733, p. 98.
[25]. “The Book of Ser Marco Polo,” London, 1871, Vol. II, p. 275.
[26]. Analogous to the uniform European word for this gem, is the extension of the Sanskrit form, mukta, from Persia to the Sulu Islands. In Tamil, the word for pearl is mootthoo; in Hindustani, it is mootie; in Cingalese, mootoo; and in Malay, mutya or mootara. (Ainslie, “Materia Indica,” London, 1826, Vol. I, pp. 292–297.)
[27]. Gollancz, “Pearl, an English Poem of the Fourteenth Century,” London, 1891.
[28]. Sachs, “Kaiserchronik,” Vol. IV, p. 261.
[29]. Staudenraus, “Chronik der Stadt Landshut,” 1832, Vol. I, p. 172.
[30]. Jones, “History and Mystery of Precious Stones,” London, 1880, p. 135.