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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Note 2 — EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I. (continued 3)

Henry Yule translation

In Dante’s Cosmography, Jerusalem is the centre of our

οἰκουμένη

, whilst the Mount of Purgatory occupies the middle of the Antipodal hemisphere:—

“Come ciò sia, se’ l vuoi poter pensare, Dentro raccolto immagina Sion Con questo monte in su la terra stare, Sì, ch’ambodue hann’un solo orrizon E diversi emisperi”.... —Purg. IV. 67.

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