A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.104
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.104
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c18.104
The author then proceeds to give merely as current gossip (*fama velocissima*) the story of Geronimo Veroneo’s supposed interview with Shahjahān. The positive assertion quoted above seems to be made of his own knowledge, and not as hearsay.¹ I attach little importance to the hearsay gossip, but much to the categorical allegation of fact.