Note 85 — SINDBAD THE SEAMAN[1] AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
M. Polo speaks of a ruby in Seilan (Ceylon) a palm long and three fingers thick: William of Tyre mentions a ruby weighing twelve Egyptian drams (Gibbon ii. 123), and Mandeville makes the King of Mammera wear about his neck a “rubye orient” one foot long by five fingers large.