See also:

• JORDANUS (JORDAN CATALANI) (ft. 1321–1330)

JORDANUS (See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

JORDAN See also:

• CATALANI, ANGELICA (1780-1849)

CATALANI) (ft. 1321–1330)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Dominican missionary and explorer in See also:

• ASIA

Asia, was perhaps See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Severac in See also:

• AVEYRON

Aveyron, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse . In 1302 he may have accompanied the famous See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas of See also:

• TOLENTINO (anc. Tolentinum Picenum)

Tolentino, via Negropont, to the East; but it is only in 1321 that we definitely discover him in western See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• COMPANY

company of the same Thomas and certain other Franciscan missionaries on their way to See also:

• CHINA

China . See also:

• ILL

Ill-See also:

• LUCK

luck detained them at See also:

• TANA

Tana in See also:

• SALSETTE (=" sixty-six villages ")

Salsette See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, near Bombay; and here See also:

• JORDANUS (JORDAN CATALANI) (ft. 1321–1330)

Jordanus' companions (" the four martyrs of Tana ") See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell victims to Moslem fanaticism (See also:

• APRIL

April 7, 1321) . Jordanus, escaping, worked some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at See also:

• BARUCH

Baruch in See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat, near the See also:

• NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, and at Suali (?) near See also:

• SURAT

Surat; to his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-See also:

• DOMINICANS

Dominicans in north See also:

• PERSIA

Persia he wrote two letters —the first from See also:

• GOGO, or GOGRA

Gogo in Gujarat (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 12, 1321), the second from Tana (See also:

• JANUARY

January 24, 1323/4)—describing the progress of this new See also:

• MISSION

mission . From these letters we learn that See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention had already been directed, not only to the Bombay region, but also to the extreme See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, especially to " Columbum," See also:

• QUILON

Quilon, or Kulam in See also:

• TRAVANCORE

Travancore; Jordanus' words may imply that he had already started a mission there before October 1321 . From See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic traders he had learnt that See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia (i.e . See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia and See also:

• NUBIA

Nubia) was accessible to Western Europeans; at this very time, as we know from other See also:

• SOURCES

sources, the earliest Latin missionaries penetrated thither . Finally, the Epistles of Jordanus, like the See also:

• CON

con-temporary Secreta of See also:

• MARINO

Marino See also:

• SANUTO (or SANUTO), MARINO
• SANUTO (SANUDO), MARINO

Sanuto (1306-1321), urge the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope to establish a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• FLEET

fleet upon the Indian seas . Jordanus, between 1324 and 1328 (if not earlier), probably visited Kulam and selected it as the best centre for his future See also:

• WORK

work; it would also appear that he revisited See also:

• EUROPE

Europe about 1328, passing through Persia, and perhaps touching at the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• PORT

port of Soidaia or Sudak . He was appointed a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in 1328 and nominated by Pope See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John XXII. to the see of .Columbum in 1330 . Together with the new bishop of See also:

• SAMARKAND

Samarkand, Thomas of Mancasola, Jordanus was commissioned to take the See also:

• PALL

pall to John de Cora, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Sultaniyah in Persia, within whose See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province Kulam was reckoned; he was also commended to the Christians of south India, both east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Cape See also:

• COMORIN, CAPE

Comorin, by Pope John . Either before going out to See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar as bishop, or during a later visit to the west, Jordanus probably wrote his Mirabilia, which from See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence can only be fixed within the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period 1329 1338; in this work he furnished the best See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Indian regions, products, See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, customs, See also:

• FAUNA

fauna and See also:

• FLORA

flora given by any See also:

• EUROPEAN

European in the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Ages—See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior even to Marco See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

Polo's .

In his triple See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Indies, India See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major extant before 1529) and amounted to over 200 in number . His magnum See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus was 'T Wonder Boeck (n.d . 1542, divided into two parts; 1551, handsomely reprinted, divided into four parts; both See also:

• EDITIONS

editions See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous) . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief claim to recognition is its use, in the latter See also:

• PART

part, of the phrase Restitutio Christi, which apparently suggested to See also:

• SERVETUS, MICHAEL [MIGUEL SERVETO] (1511-1553)

Servetus his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Christianismi Restitutio (1553) . In the 1st edition is a figure of the " new See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man," signed with the author's See also:

• MONOGRAM (from Late Lat. monogramma, in Late Gr. µovoypaµµov, from µovos, single, ypaµµa, letter)

monogram, and probably See also:

• DRAWN

drawn as a likeness of himself; it fairly corresponds with the alleged portrait, engraved in 1607, reproduced in the appendix to A . See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross's Pansebeia (1655), and idealized by P . See also:

• BURCKHARDT, JAKOB (1818–1897)
• BURCKHARDT, JOHN LEWIS [JOHANN LUDWIG] (1784-1817)

Burckhardt in 1900 . Another work, Verklaringe der Scheppenissen (1553) treats mystically the See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis, a favourite theme with See also:

• BOEHME (or BEHMEN), JAKOB (1575-1624)

Boehme, See also:

• SWEDENBORG (or SWEDBERG), EMANUEL (1688-1772)

Swedenborg and others . His remaining writings exhibit all that easy dribble of See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph-See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ant muddiness which disciples take as See also:

• DEPTH

depth . His wife died on the 22nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, and his own See also:

• DEATH

death followed on the 25th of August 1556 . He was buried, with all religious honours, in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St Leonard, See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel . Three years later, See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas Blesdijk, who had married his eldest daughter Jannecke (Susanna), but had lost confidence in Jorisz some time before his death, denounced the dead man to the authorities of Basel .

An investigation was begun in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1559, and as the result of a conviction for See also:

• HERESY

heresy the exhumed See also:

• BODY

body of Jorisz was burned, together with his portrait, on the 13th of May 1559 . Blesdijk's Historia (not printed till 1642) accuses Jorisz of having plures uxores . Of this there is no See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation . Theoretically Jorisz regarded See also:

• POLYGAMY, (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, marriage)

polygamy as lawful; there is.no See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof that his theory affected his own practice . The first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at a true account of Jorisz was by Gottfried See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold, in his anonymous Historia (1713), pursued with much See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller material in his Kirchen and Ketzer Historie (best ed . 1740—1742) . See also F . Nippold, in Zeitschrift See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die historische Theologie (1863, 1864, 1868) ; A. See also:

• VAN

van der Linde, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1881) ; P . Burckhardt, Basler Biographien (1900) ; Hegler, in Hauck's Realencyklopadie (1901), and the bibliography by A. van der Linde, 1867, supplemented by E . Weller, 1869 . (A .