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APPENDIX.

No. I.

EXTRACT.

FROM THE

LETTER OF CARDINAL ISIDORE

CONCERNING THE

CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

A.D. MCCCC LII.

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AUDITE hæc, audite omnes gentes, auribus percipite, qui habitatis orbem ! Audite hæc omnia qui fidelem orbis partem colitis ministri, pastores, et principes omnium ecclesiarum Christi universi quoque reges et principes Christicolæ, ac universus Domini populus cum religiosis cunctis! Audite! et notum sit vobis, quod præcursor veri Antichristi, Teucrorum princeps et dominus, servus autem tot dominorum, quot vicinorum, cujus nomen est Mahumet, inimicus crucis Christi, hæres rei et nominis illius primi pseudoprophetæ et latoris legis spurcissimè Agarenorum, filius Sathanæ omnium flagitiosissimus, qui furiis infectus, et insaniâ, sanguinem Christianorum sine intermissione sitit, nec extingui valet ejus sitis post eorum innumeras cædes. Tantoque odio contra Christum et membra ejus movetur, ut eradere nomen ejus de terra nitatur; et inspecto aliquo Christiano sibi obvianti, se inde existimet sordidatum, ut oculos abluat, et os, immundum se profitens prius. Hoc igitur tam terribile et horridum monstrum, exigentibus demeritis Christianorum, justo Dei judicio, in eos sævire et crassari permissus, civitatem imperialem novam Romam, olim felicissimam, nunc miserrimam, et omni calamitate oppressam Constantinopolim diu obsessam cœpit, expugnavit, spoliavit omnibus bonis, et penè delevit. Quis autem (ut verbis utar prophetæ) dabit capiti meo aquam, et oculis meis fontem lachrymarum, ut plorare valeam die ac nocte interfectos populi illius, et scelestissima sacrilegia in ea captura perpetrata? Quis hujus horribilitatis memor, non obstupescat, non lithargicus fiat, non præ dolore obmutescat? Nec tum cuncta enormia explicabo, ne piæ aures audire refugiant: sed ex paucissimis relatis cogitentur alia. Hic nefandus, nominibus blasphemiæ plenus, civitate recepta post decapitationem Imperatoris, cum omni sua progenie et nobilitate, plurimos ferreis manicis et compedibus alligatos, ac collis eorum funibus cinctis, extra urbem deduxit nobiles, plebeios, monachos et monachas, mares et fœminas, virtute et

conditione

conditione præclaros, vituperabiliter detractos, multis injuriis refertas ut meretriculas et in lupanari prostitutas trahebant tanta et talia contra eos agebant, quanta de brutis animalibus et qualia sine rubore fari minimè quis valeat? Adolescentulos utriusque sexus a parentibus segregabant, et divisim de eis pretio negociabantur. Infantes coram genitoribus suis ut agniculos mactabant. Matres filiis, et geniti genitricibus privabantur. Germani à fratribus, uxores à viris, nurus à socribus, lugentibus et ululantibus segregabantur. Disjuncti consanguinei et amici, in diversis regionibus servi venditi ducebantur. O quàm amaræ lachrymæ, quanta suspiria, quot clamosi singultus inter amicos et notos! quæ miserabiles voces emittebantur inter tantas cædes, servitutes, expulsiones, et contumelias! Principes, barones, et domini, bubulcorum, porcariorum, homuncionum effecti sunt famuli. Intra decennium pueros ad ritus suæ perfidæ sectæ compellebant. Heu quomodo obscuratum est aurum fulgidum sapientiæ, per tenebras ignorantiæ! aurum dignitatis per ignobilitatem sevitutis ! Quomodo mutatus est color optimus Græcæ eloquentiæ, in barbariem Turchia ! lapides sanctuarii, si qui erant constantes in fide, dispersi sunt in capite omnium viarum jacentes prostrati. De cæteris taceamus : humana sunt. Sed de injuriis, subsannationibus, contumeliis, opprobriis scelestibus erga divina, quæ lingua valeat explicare. Quis intellectus capere? Quæ aures patientur audire? Ni fallor, nunquam ita inhonoratus Deus. Venerunt gentes gehennæ dedite, in hæreditatem tuam, quæ Israel est te videns per fidem. Polluerunt templum sanctum tuum, Ecclesiam nobilissimam Sanctæ Sophiæ, cum aliis. Imagines Domini nostri Jesu Christi et Matris ejus Virginis gloriosæ et sanctorum ac sanctarum Dei, insignia vivificæ crucis conspuentes, confringentes, concultantes, sacrosancta evangelia, missalia, et reliquos Ecclesiæ libros dilacerantes, deturpantes, comburentes. Sacras vestes sacerdotum, reliquaque ornamenta Ecclesiæ scindentes, ad indumentum suum et ornatum sumentes, vel pro vili pretio conferentes, vasa Domini, ejus cultui dedicata, in eis comedentes et bibentes, in reliquum conflata ad prophanos usus transferebant. erunt denique carnes sanctorum tuorum morticina servorum tuorum, reliquias beatorum corporum escas volatilibus cœli, dispergentes hinc inde carnes sanctorum tuorum quos occidebant bestiis terræ: quia non erat qui sepeliret. Altaria suffoderunt invocantes nomen maledicti Mahumeti, eum laudantes de victoria. Omitto præ pudore quod mingebant, stercorisabant, omnia vituperabilia exercebant in templis, imaginibus, et reliquiis sanctis, Sancta canibus dabant, margaritas sacramentorum ante porcos projiciebant. Cum hæc recolo totus ex horrore contremisco, nec ulterius stylo exarare queo illorum piacula et fidei Christianæ religionis dedecora et irrisiones injecta. Monasteria tam monachorum quæ monialium invadentes, omnia diripiebant, ejicentes illos de habitationibus suis : xenodochia infirmorum destruebant. Etsi de multis et magnis excidiis et exterminis civitatum, historiographi etiam gentilium referant, ferè nulla posset desolationi hujus coæquari. Nullum incolam intrà reliquerunt, non Græcum, non Latinum, non Armenum, non Judæum urbem ipsam suis civibus nudatam quasi desertam effecerunt. Eorum actus et opera propriis oculis vidi, et cum reliquibus constantissimis viris una, plura perpessus sum mala et pericula, licet de manibus eorum me eripuerit Deus, ut Ionam de ventre ceti."

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No. II.

A

CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS

UPON DAILY SALE

IN THE CITIES OF THE EAST.

Procured by the Author through the friendly offices of a Dervish in Constantinople. Translated* and arranged by the Rev. George Cecil RENOUARD, M.A. Fellow of Sidney College, Cambridge, now Chaplain to the British Factory at Smyrna.

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A Commentary on the Champions of Bedr, by Menini. [Probably a work on some of the traditions relating to the victory gained at Bedr, over the unbelieving inhabitants of Meccah.]

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خطبة حديث اربعین تفسیر سوره فتح

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The Prayer for the Prosperity of the reigning Prince-The Forty Traditions.-A Commentary on the First Chapter of the Koran. [See D'Herbelot, Khothbah, p. 1000. a. Encyklopædische Uebersicht der Wissenschaften des Orients, p. 634 -639, for the Forty Traditions.]

* The books referred to, as authorities, in forming this translation, are

1. D'Herbelot's Bibliothèque Orientale. Paris, 1697. fol.

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2. Encyklopædische Uebersicht der Wissenschaften des Orients, aus sieben Arabischen, Persischen, und Türkischen Worken uebersetzt. Leipzig, 1804. 2 vols. 8vo. 3. A pretty copious abridgment of "Haji Khalifeh (Catib Chelebi)'s Cashfu' z-zunun fi esma cutub we'l funun"-a celebrated bibliographical work; of which a complete account may be found in the preceding publication.

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A Treatise on Mystical Theology, and Morals, in Turkish. [Perhaps two different Tracts. - For the doctrines of the Sufis, or Mohammedan Recluses, see D'Herbelot, Sofi, p. 816. a.]

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A Collection of Tracts on the Peculiarities of the Koran, and on Mystical Theology.

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Tracts on the same subject.-The Eye of Judges. [The latter, probably, a treatise on the Duties of a Kāzi, or Judge.]

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The Guide of Kalenders. [A treatise on Religious Seclusion, in metre, and in the Persian language.]

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On Seclusion from the World, by Jâfer Sadik. [Jâfer the Just was the sixth Imām, and is held in high veneration by all Musselmans. Vid. D'Herb. 389. a.]

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ديوان احمدي تركي تصوف

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The Best of Traditions, by Okchi-zadeh. [The Hadis are the Sayings of Mahomet, traditionally preserved among his Followers, and venerated almost as much as the Koran itself. See D'Herb. Hadith, p. 416. a. Also called the Arbain of Okchi-zadeh. Vid. D'Herb. Ocgi, p. 684. a.]

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The Commentary of Ibni Melec on "The Rise," [i. e. The Rise of the Prophetic Luminaries from the pure sky of the history of the elect Being (Mahomet). The complete

مشارق الانوار النيويته من صحاح الاخي,Title is thus given by a Khalifa

a. The Author's name is, The Imām Raziu'ddin Hasan ibn Muhammed as-saghānī.—It is a very celebrated Treatise on the Traditions; establishing the number of those that are genuine at 2246. The Commentator is also a celebrated Author. His name at length is Adbu'l latif, ibn Abdu'l-âzir. His work is entitled

مبارق الازهار في شرح مشارق الانوار [

[I have given a more detailed account of these books; as D'Herbelot (p. 560. b.) is not only very concise, but also incorrect, in what he says respecting them.]

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A Present for the Pious, in Turkish. [An historical work on the Traditions. D'Herb. p. 890. a.]

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