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A B R A C A

ABRAHAM S BOSOM, limbus patrum,

xiv. 646. ABR ANTES, town, Portugal, I. 55.

, Duchess of, xm. 779.

, Duke of (Jiuiot), French general,

xm. 779; xix. 551. ABRASION, by rivers, x. 275. ABRAXAS, or Abrasax, charm, I. 56;

Gnostic name of the Supreme God, ill.

420; x. 141.

ABRIACHANITE, mineral, xvi. 418. ABRIDGMENTS, in copyright law, vi.

361. ABRlNCATvE (Avranches), ancient town,

France, m. 157. ABRO, island in Baltic, Russia, xvii.

732.

ABRUZZO, province, Italy, I. 56. ABSALOM, of Scripture, I. 56; vi. 840;

xm. 405 ; tomb of, n. 393.

AND ACHITOPHEL, Dryden s poem,

vii. 492. ABSALON, Danish statesman, i. 57; vi.

345- ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS, Wyoming,

U.S.A., xxiv. 737. ABSCESS, in surgery, I. 57 ; treatment

of, xxii. 683 ; in ophthalmology, xvii.

781, 786; of liver, tropical, xvm. 396. ABSENTEEISM, of landlords in Ireland,

xm. 229, 269. ABSINTHE, liqueur, i. 57. ABSOLUTE, in philosophy, i. 57. , Philosophy of the, XXL 393; xxm.

247. MEASUREMENTS, in electricity,

vm. 15, 103.

SPIRIT, Hegel s, xvi. 87.

TEMPERATURE, XL 566; xxm.

285.

UNIT FORCE, xv. 699.

ABSOLUTION, i. 58; xvm. 487. ABSOLVITOR, in Scots law, i. 58. ABSORPTION, I. 58 ; of food into blood,

xvii. 677; of light, xiv. 600; xx. 213;

in plants, IV. 119; xix. 44. ABSTEMII, religious sect, I. 58. ABSTINENCE, ascetic, n. 677.

SOCIETIES, xxm. 159.

ABSTRACTION, in philosophy, i. 58; m.

47-

ABSURDUM, Reductio ad, i. 59.

ABU, sacred mountain, India, I. 59; xm. 543; xxii. 98.

ABU-ABDULLAH MAHOMMED (Ibn Ba- tuta), geographer, xn. 607.

ABU-ALI AL-HASAN (Alhazen), mathe matician, i. 572.

ABU-ALI AL-HOSEIN IBN-SlNA (Avi-

cenna), philosopher and physician, ill. 152.

ABUAM, town, Morocco, xxm. 21.

ABUBACER, Spanish Moslem philo sopher, II. 269.

ABUBAKER, rajah of Johore, xm. 730.

ABU-BASIR, runaway from Mecca, xvi. 55 8.

ABU-BEKR, caliph, successor of

Mohammed, I. 60; II. 257; xvi. 561. ABU-BEKR MOHAMMED IBN-JAKYA

(Avempace), philosopher, ill. 144; II.

269.

ABU-BISHIR, fish, xix. 429. ABU-DANI (Eldacl Ben Malchi), Jewish

traveller, VII. 827.

ABU-FARAJ, Arabian writer, n. 263. ABU-GHALIB BAR SABUNI, Syriac

writer, XXII. 850. ABU-HAMED MUHAMMAD AL-GAZALI,

Arabian philosopher, I. 510. ABU-JAFAR AL-MANSUR, caliph, xv.

500; xvi. 578. ABU-JAFAR MOHAMMED B. JARIR AT-

TABARI, Arabian historian, xxm. 3. ABULA (Avila), ancient town, Spain,

in. 156. ABUL-ABBAS, first Abbasid caliph, xvi.

578. ABUL-ABBAS AHMED (Ibn Khallikan),

Arabian writer, XII. 609. ABUL-ABBAS AHMED IBN-MOHAMMED

EL-MAKKARI, Arabian w r riter, XV. 31 1. ABULCASIM, Arabian surgeon, XV. 805 ;

xxn. 675. MANSUR (Firdousi), Persian poet,

IX. 225. ABULFARAGIUS, Gregorius (Abiil-Faraj,

Bar-Hebrteus), Arabian historian, I.

60; xxii. 853; xxm. 5. ABULFAZL, Indian historian, I. 60. ABULFEDA, Arabic historian, I. 60; n.

263, 264. ABULGHAZI-BAHADUR, khan of Khiva,

i. 61. ABUL-HAKAM, Moorish invader of

Spain, xxii. 319. ABUL-HASSAN, Arabian diallist, vii.

153-

ABUL-HIN, mountain, Syria, xiv. 394. ABUL-KASIM, Arabian physician, xv.

805; xxii. 675.

ABULKHAIR, Mongol khan, xvi. 729. ABULMAJD MAJDUD B. ADAM (Sanai),

Persian poet, xxi. 254. ABUL-TAYYIB (Al-Motanabbi), Arabian

poet, xvii. i.

ABULWAFA, Mohammed, Arabian alge braist, i. 512. ABUL-WALID MERWAN (Rabbi Jonah),

Jewish philologist, XIII. 737. ABUL-WALID MOHAMMED IBN-ROSHD

(Averroes), philosopher, in. 149. ABU-MAASCHAR (Abumazar), Arabian

astronomer, I. 456; XVI. 596. ABU-MERWAN ABDALMALEC IBN-

ZOHR (Avenzoar), ill. 145; xv. 805. ABU-MOSLIM, founder of the Abbasid

dynasty, xvi. 576, 578. ABUNA, title of the archbishop of Abys sinia, I. 6 1. ABU-NASR IBN-HAMMAD EL-JAUHARY,

Arabic lexicographer, xm. 598. ABU-NASR MUHAMMAD AL-FARABI,

Arabian philosopher, I. 501.

ABU-OBAIDA, Arabian historian, xxm. 3.

ABU-SAID, Persian sovereign, xvin. 632.

ABU-SAID B. ABUL-KHAIR, Persian poet, xvii. 771; xvm. 658.

ABUSCHEHR, or Abushehr (Bushire), town, Persia, IV. 574.

ABU-SIMBEL, or Ipsambul, Nubia, I. 61 ; temple of, II. 388.

ABUSIR, town, Egypt, IV. 576 ; pyra mids of, vii. 772; xx. 123.

ABU-TAHIR AL-MANSUR, Fatimite caliph, xv. 500.

ABU-TEMAN, or Abu-Temmam, Arabian poet, I. 61; II. 263; XI. 402; XVI. 539.

ABUTMENTS, Stability of, iv. 324.

ABU-YAHYA AL-MARWAZI, Syrian physician, XXII. 847.

ABU-YUSUF AL-KiNDi, Arabian philo sopher, I. 578.

ABU-ZAKARIYA, prince of Tunis, xxm. 621.

ABU-ZEID ABDARRAHMAN (Ibn Khal- dovm), Arabic writer, xil. 609.

ABYDOS, ancient town, Asia Minor, i. 61; xvii. 122.

, ancient town, Egypt, I. 61; VII. 775 > pyramids of, xx. 124.

ABYSSINIA, I. 61, 262; Arabian settle ments in, XXIV. 739; birds of, ill. 758 ; filigree from, IX. 164 ; Gallas of, X. 38 ; introduction of Christianity, IX. 804 ; languages, XVI. 654 ; Lobo s travels in, Xiv. 743; Prester John of, XIX. 717.

ABYSSINIAN CHURCH, Canon of the, v.

13-

ABYSSINIAN MONTHS, v. 716. ABYSSINIANS, i. 262. ACACIA, genus of plants, I. 68 ; catechu

from, v. 220; gum from, XI. 275.

, False, culture of, II. 318.

ACACIANS, early Christian sect, XV.

145. ACACIUS, patriarch of Constantinople,

xix. 492. of Amid, Syriac writer, xxii. 829.

of Seleucia, Syriac writer, xxii.

830.

ACADEMIA ESPANOLA, XXII. 360.

ACADEMICAL PRECEDENCE, xix. 668. ACADEMIC SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, i.

68.

ACADEMIC VESTMENTS, vi. 463. ACADEMIES, I. 68; importance of, for

the advance of science, XXIV. 800; of

Italy, xm. 507; musical, xvii. 83. ACADEMUS, grove of, I. 68; XIX. 194. ACADEMY, i. 68.

, at Athens, I. 68; ill. 2; xix. 194.

, French, founded by Richelieu, IX.

570 ; its influence on French literature,

IX. 658. -, Royal, London, Xiv. 836.

ACADIA, or Acadie, former name of Nova Scotia, I. 79; xvii. 375, 60 1 ; its rela tion to Maine, U.S.A., xv. 301.