Note 297
The Third Kalandar’s Tale.
Arab. "Májur": hence possibly our "mazer," which is popularly derived from Masarn, a maple.
…m branched candelabra of gold and lamps fed with costly oils, which diffused the scent of musk and ambergris. I saw there also two great censers each big as a mazer-bowl,[FN#297] flaming with lign-aloes, nadd-perfume,[FN#298] ambergris and honied scents; and the place was full of their fragrance. Presently, O my lady, I espied a noble steed, black as the murks of night when murkiest, standing, ready saddled and bridled (and hi…
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