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S E P S E T

399

Testament, xxi. 667; III. 641; V. 5;

xxii. 824. SEPULCHRE, Easter, in architecture, u.

472.

, The Holy, xxi. 670.

, Canons Regular of the Holy, xxi.

670.

, Knights of the Holy, xxi. 670.

SEPULCHRES, Ancient American, n. 45 1 ;

for mummies, xvil. 20. SEQUANA (Seine), river, France, xxi.

623- SEQUANI, Celtic tribe of ancient Gaul,

X. III.

SEQUENCES, in mediaeval hymnology,

xii. 583.

SEQUESTRATION, in Scots law, in. 344. SEQUOIA, genus of trees, xxi. 673; ix.

405; xxiii. 809. SERA, capital of China in Ptolemy s

geography, XX. 93.

, convent at Lhasa, Tibet, xiv. 501.

SERAFI, Pere, Catalan poet, xxn. 364. SERAGLIO, or Harem, XL 478. SERAIEVO, or Bosna Serai, town, Bosnia,

iv. 68.

SERAING, town, Belgium, xxi. 674. SERAJGUNJ (Sirajganj), town, India,

xxn. 95.

SERAMPUR, town, India, xxi. 674. SERANG, town, Java, xm. 605. SERAPEUM, temple, near Memphis,

Egypt, xxi. 674; 11. 387. LIBRARY, at Alexandria, Egypt,

xiv. 510.

SERAPHIM, of Scripture, xxi. 674. SERAPION, Alexandrian physician, XV.

Soi. SERAPIS (Apis), of Egyptian mythology,

xxi. 674; u. 173; vii. 717. SERBAL (Mount Sinai), Arabia, xxii.

QQ OO.

SERBAN, Cantacuzene, voivode of "Wal-

achia, xxi. 17.

SERBONIS, Lake, Egypt, vn. 709. SERBS, race of people, xxi. 688; xxn.

147, 154. SERCAMBI, Giovanni, Italian writer,

xm. 505. SERCIAL, variety of Madeira wine, xv.

178; xxiv. 609. SERDOBOL, monastery, Finland, xxiv.

209.

SERDOBSK, town, Russia, xxi. 305. SERENA, town, Chili, xxi. 674. SERENDIB, or Ceylon (?.#.), v. 364. SERENUS of Antissa, Greek geometer,

xxi. 675. SERERE, people of Senegambia, xxi.

662. SERES, ancient name for the Chinese, v.

627; xvni. 590.

, town, Turkey in Europe, XXI. 675. SERETH, river, Roumania, xxi. 14. SERFDOM, xxn. 134; economic aspects

of, xix. 352; in relation to labour,

xiv. 165; in Russia, xiv. 262; xxi.

82, 100; xxii. 143; abolition of, in Russia, xxi. 102.

SERGARDI, Ludovico, Sienese satirist, xxii. 43.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, in royal house hold, England, xxi. 37.

S ERG ELL, Tobias, Swedish sculptor, xxi. 570.

SERGHIEVSK, spa, Russia, xxi. 243.

SERGHIEVSKIY POSAD, town, Russia, xxi. 675.

SERGIUS, St, Syrian martyr, xxi. 676. - I.-IV., popes, xxi. 676.

, patriarch of Constantinople, XVI.

758.

, Paulician teacher, xvni. 434.

, Russian monk, xxi. 676.

of Rasain, Syriac writer, XXI I.

833- SERICE, ancient name for China, v.

627.

SERICIN, silk albumen, xxn. 61.

SERICULTURE, art of rearing silkworms, xxii. 58.

SERIEMA, bird, xxi. 676.

SERIES, Mathematical, xxi. 677; xxiv. 71; in algebra, I. 561; in trigono metry, xxiii. 569; tables of, xxm. 14.

SERIGRAPH, indicator of grades of silk, xxn. 62.

SERIN, bird, ix. 192.

, faubourg of Lyons, France, xv.

no.

SERINGAPATAM, town, India, xxi. 682; XVIL 124.

SERINGHAM, town, India, xxn. 438.

SERIOLA, genus of fishes, xxiv. 738.

SERIPHUS, of Greek legend, xvni. 560.

SERJEANT-AT-LAW, xxi. 682; in. 394.

SERJEANTS INN, legal society, London, xm. 87.

SERJEANTV, Grand, tenure of land, xx.

305, 307-

SERMON ON THE MOUNT, xm. 664. SERNIN, St, French martyr, xxm. 485. SEROUS MEMBRANES, Anatomy of, i.

848. SERPENT, SERPENTS, xxn. 189. See

Snakes. , musical instrument, XVII. 778;

xxiv. 788. , in Genesis, i. 135; vn. 136; in

Gnosticism, x. 703; in Physiologus,

xix. 7. See also articles Mythology

and Totemism. SERPENTARIUS, genus of birds, xxi.

617. SERPENTINE, mineral, xxi. 682; x.

228, 232; xv. 217; xvi. 414. SERPUKHOFF, town, Russia, xxi. 683. SERRA, Antonio, Italian economist, xix.

357-

SERRADO, Monte, Spain, xvi. 797. SERRANO, Francisco, Spanish minister,

xxn. 346. SERRES, town, Turkey in Europe, xxi.

675-

SERRICORNES, group of beetles, vi. 132.

SERTORIUS, Quintus, Roman general and statesman, xxi. 684; xix. 451; XX. 762; in Spain, xxn. 306.

SERTULARIA, genus of Hydrozoa, xn. 547-

SERUG (Seruj), town, Mesopotamia, xvi. 48.

SERVAL, carnivorous mammal, xv. 435.

SERVANT, Master and, Legal relations of, xv. 620; xiv. 165; in Roman law, xx. 688, 704. OF JEHOVAH, in Isaiah, xm. 382.

SERVETUS, Michael, or Miguel Serveto, Spanish physician and polemic, xxi. 684; on the circulation of the blood, I. 810; on the pulmonary circulation, xxiv. 95; his relations with Calvin, IV. 718.

SERVIA, kingdom, Eastern Europe, xxi. 686; Greek Church of, XL 157; lan guage, XXII. 147, 150; newspapers, xvn. 432; periodical literature, xvni. 544; under Czerny George, vi. 754.

SERVIAN ALPHABET, i. 614.

SERVIAN LANGUAGE, xxn. 147, 150; dictionaries of, vn. 188.

SERVIAN LITERATURE, xxi. 689; xvni.

544- SERVIAN WALL, at Rome, xx. 731, 734,

813-

SERVICE, tree and fruit, xn. 276.

SERVIODURUM (Straubing), Roman sta tion, Germany, xxn. 591.

SERVITES, monastic order, xxi. 692.

SERVITUDE, in law, xix. 560.

SERVIUS, commentator on Virgil, xxi. 692; his place in Roman literature, xx. 726.

- TULLIUS, king of Rome, xxi. 692; xx. 734; his reforms in Roman law, xx. 676.

SERVO-CROATS, race of Slav people, xxn. 145, 147.

SERVOIS, his anticipation of quater nions, xx. 161.

SESAME, plant, XXI. 693; oil from, xvn.

745-

CAKE, xvn. 739.

SESIA, liver, Italy, xm. 435. SESOSTRIS, legendary Egyptian king,

xxi. 693; his armies, n. 559. SESSA, town, Italy, xxi. 693. SESSE, lake island, Africa, xvn. 504. SESSION, Court of, supreme court of

law, Scotland, xxi. 535. SESSIONS OF THE PEACE, English law

court, xx. 159.

SESTERTIUS, Roman coin, xvn. 652. SETEE, king of Egypt, vn. 738. SETH, or Set, Egyptian divinity, vn.

715, 7i7-

SETHEUM, temple, Egypt, vn. 779. SETHIANI, Gnostic sect, x. 703. SETTER, dog, vn. 328. SETTLE, Elkanah, English poet and

playwright, xxi. 693.