{"pages":{"18":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00042-bb102a4481764f245612.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"18","box":{"x":140,"y":153,"width":38,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":362,"y":158,"width":466,"height":18}},{"text":"extendeth for a good eighteen days' journey, and in that forest","box":{"x":143,"y":205,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"there be two cities, the one whereof is called Flandrina (Pandarani)","box":{"x":146,"y":230,"width":896,"height":34}},{"text":"and the other Cyngilin (Cranganore). In the city of Flandrina","box":{"x":144,"y":261,"width":896,"height":31}},{"text":"some of the inhabitants are Jews and some are Christians; and","box":{"x":144,"y":287,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"between those two cities there is always internal war, but the","box":{"x":140,"y":317,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"result is always that the Christians beat them and overcome the","box":{"x":144,"y":343,"width":894,"height":31}},{"text":"Jews","box":{"x":140,"y":372,"width":64,"height":21}},{"text":"From this realm 'tis a journey of ten days to another realm","box":{"x":185,"y":416,"width":852,"height":34}},{"text":"which is called Mobar, and this is very great, and hath under it","box":{"x":136,"y":442,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"many cities and towns. And in this realm is laid the body of the","box":{"x":137,"y":471,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"Blessed Thomas the Apostle. His church is filled with idols,","box":{"x":136,"y":500,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"and beside it are some fifteen houses of the Nestorians, that is to","box":{"x":139,"y":528,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"say Christians, but vile and pestilent heretics.","box":{"x":136,"y":556,"width":659,"height":32}},{"text":"26. AMR THE SON OF MATHEW ON THE TOMB","box":{"x":192,"y":648,"width":785,"height":29}},{"text":"OF ST. THOMAS AND THE TRADITION OF","box":{"x":245,"y":683,"width":680,"height":25}},{"text":"ST. BARTHOLOMEW (1340 A.D.)","box":{"x":336,"y":714,"width":494,"height":28}},{"text":"Amr was a Christian Arab historian. Joseph Simon Assemani,","box":{"x":220,"y":770,"width":763,"height":28}},{"text":"Bibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. IV. 34. Cited in A. C. Perumalil, The","box":{"x":176,"y":794,"width":806,"height":29}},{"text":"Apostles in India, p. 73.","box":{"x":178,"y":820,"width":276,"height":24}},{"text":"Thomas' tomb is in the island of Meilan (Mylapore) in India","box":{"x":175,"y":876,"width":857,"height":35}},{"text":"on the right hand side of the altar, in his monastery (dair).","box":{"x":130,"y":905,"width":850,"height":35}},{"text":"Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. IV. (3.2.) 19. Cited in A. C.","box":{"x":200,"y":951,"width":827,"height":29}},{"text":"Perumalil, The Apostles in India, pp. 133-134.","box":{"x":179,"y":976,"width":536,"height":25}},{"text":"Likewise Bartholomew journeyed through these (Nisibis and","box":{"x":173,"y":1028,"width":852,"height":32}},{"text":"Assyria) and other regions and preached in Major Armenia;","box":{"x":122,"y":1056,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"but he did not remain there; he betook himself to the regions of","box":{"x":123,"y":1084,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"India where he was flayed.","box":{"x":126,"y":1112,"width":355,"height":29}},{"text":"27. JOHN DE MARIGNOLLI ON THE ST. THOMAS","box":{"x":168,"y":1202,"width":809,"height":28}},{"text":"CHRISTIANS AND THEIR TRADITIONS (1349 A.D.)","box":{"x":182,"y":1234,"width":782,"height":29}},{"text":"John de Marignolli gives an account of his travels through the","box":{"x":210,"y":1290,"width":764,"height":31}},{"text":"areas of India occupied by the St. Thomas Christians. Yule-Cordier,","box":{"x":172,"y":1316,"width":803,"height":32}},{"text":"Cathay and the Way Thither, Vol. III, pp. 216-218, 249-254.","box":{"x":168,"y":1341,"width":725,"height":28}},{"text":"And sailing on the feast of St. Stephen, we navigated the Indian","box":{"x":158,"y":1401,"width":859,"height":35}},{"text":"Sea until Palm Sunday, and when arrived at a very noble city of","box":{"x":116,"y":1428,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"India called Columbum (Quilon) where the whole world's pepper","box":{"x":116,"y":1455,"width":904,"height":38}},{"text":"is produced. Now this pepper grows on a kind of vines, which","box":{"x":118,"y":1485,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"are planted just like in our vineyards. These vines produce clus-","box":{"x":115,"y":1513,"width":907,"height":34}}]},"19":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00043-4af03bb5355732713e54.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"3","box":{"x":99,"y":244,"width":18,"height":10}},{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":481,"y":164,"width":246,"height":17}},{"text":"19","box":{"x":1020,"y":165,"width":38,"height":18}},{"text":"ters which are at first like those of the wild vine of a green colour,","box":{"x":151,"y":211,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"and afterwards are almost like bunches of our grapes, and they","box":{"x":151,"y":238,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"have a red wine in them which I have squeezed out on my plate","box":{"x":151,"y":267,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"as a condiment. When they have ripened, they are left to dry","box":{"x":153,"y":293,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"upon the tree, and when shrivelled by the excessive heat the dry","box":{"x":151,"y":324,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"clusters are knocked off with a stick and caught upon linen cloths,","box":{"x":153,"y":350,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"and so harvest is gathered.","box":{"x":154,"y":380,"width":357,"height":28}},{"text":"These are things that I have seen with mine eyes and handled","box":{"x":196,"y":436,"width":861,"height":31}},{"text":"with my hands during the fourteen months that I stayed there.","box":{"x":148,"y":464,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"And there is no roasting of pepper, as authors have falsely asserted,","box":{"x":147,"y":493,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"nor does it grow in forests, but in regular gardens; nor are the","box":{"x":155,"y":518,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"Saracens the proprietors but the Christians of St. Thomas. And","box":{"x":154,"y":545,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"these latter are the masters of the public steel-yard, from which I","box":{"x":155,"y":573,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"derived, as a perquisite of my office as Pope's legate, every month","box":{"x":153,"y":602,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"a hundred goldfan, and a thousand when I left.","box":{"x":155,"y":629,"width":661,"height":32}},{"text":"There is a church of St. George there, of the Latin communion,","box":{"x":199,"y":687,"width":859,"height":35}},{"text":"at which I dwelt. And I adorned it with fine paintings, and taught","box":{"x":155,"y":714,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"there the holy Law. And after I had been there some time I went","box":{"x":154,"y":744,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"beyond the glory of Alexander the Great, when he set up his","box":{"x":153,"y":771,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"column (in India). For I erected a stone as my landmark and","box":{"x":151,"y":798,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"memorial, in the corner of the world over against Paradise, and","box":{"x":152,"y":826,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"anointed it with oil! In sooth it was a marble pillar with a stone","box":{"x":157,"y":856,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"cross upon it, intended to last till the world's end. And it had","box":{"x":153,"y":883,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"the Pope's arms and my own engraved upon it, with inscriptions","box":{"x":154,"y":911,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"both in Indian and Latin characters. I consecrated and blessed","box":{"x":151,"y":939,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"it in the presence of an infinite multitude of people, and I was","box":{"x":157,"y":967,"width":904,"height":36}},{"text":"carried on the shoulders of the chiefs in a litter or palankin like","box":{"x":154,"y":996,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"Solomon's...","box":{"x":152,"y":1022,"width":193,"height":25}},{"text":"The third province of India is called Maabar, and the church","box":{"x":200,"y":1079,"width":858,"height":29}},{"text":"of St. Thomas which he built with his own hands is there, besides","box":{"x":155,"y":1106,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"another which he built by the agency of workmen. These he","box":{"x":157,"y":1134,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"made with certain very great stones which I have seen there, and","box":{"x":154,"y":1163,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"with a log cut down on Adam's Mount in Seyllan, which he caused","box":{"x":154,"y":1191,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"to be sawn up, and from its sawdust other trees were sown. Now","box":{"x":154,"y":1219,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"that log, huge as it was, was cut down by two slaves of his and drawn","box":{"x":153,"y":1247,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"to the seaside by the saint's own girdie. When the log reached","box":{"x":155,"y":1275,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"the sea he said to it, 'Go now and tarry for us in the haven of the","box":{"x":157,"y":1302,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"city of Mirapolis'. 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