Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s2.t1.75

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¹ Compare S., III, 499, for Occleve's advices on the 'dignitee of a kyng' in the "Perfect Prince": compare a description of Hormuzd IV by Theophylactus in Huart, 144-147: 'His tiara was of gold, adorned with precious stones. The carbuncles set in it gave off a dazzling brilliance, and the rows of pearls all round it mingled their shimmering light with the loveliness of the emeralds; so the eye was as it were petrified in wonder that could never have its fill'. Again, in the palace at Ctesiphon: 'The front adorned with notches, has no windows: there were a hundred and fifty openings in the roof, five or six inches in diameter, which allowed a mysterious light to filter in. The throne stood at the end of the hall and when the curtain was drawn back, the King splendidly clad, seated on his throne, wearing on his head the heavy bejewelled tiara, which was attached to a golden chain hanging from the ceiling to take the weight, presented such a marvellous spectacle that the man who saw it for the first time involuntarily fell on his knees'.