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Narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Abyssinia during the years 1520-1527

Chapter 7: GENERAL INDEX.
By Francisco Alvares
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An eyewitness narrative records a foreign embassy's prolonged journey to a highland Christian realm in northeastern Africa, combining travelogue, ethnography, and diplomatic report. The narrator describes routes and landscapes, the architecture of remarkable rock-cut churches, and local ritual and liturgical practices. Detailed exchanges with local clergy and rulers illuminate theological and cultural interaction, while disputes within the delegation and negotiations with authorities reveal political tensions. Observations on population, governance, and the effects of external contact appear alongside descriptions of places and accounts of ceremonies, offering a varied portrait of society, religion, and interstate relations encountered during the mission.

INDEX.

GENERAL INDEX.

  • Abima Mark, 255
  • Abyssinia long without an Abima, 253
  • Account of Pero de Covilham, 265, 270
  • Antiquities at Axum, 81, 83
  • Apes, 69
  • Canons, 63, 139
  • Church services, 23, 31
  • —— for women, 55
  • —— of Holy Trinity, 155, 233, 236
  • Churches, old, 75
  • —— near Axum, 87
  • —— St. George, 95, 156, 228, 229
  • —— cut out of the rock, 122, 130
  • —— of the Queen Mother, 237
  • Circumcision, 48, 246
  • Clergy, gathering of, 234
  • Consecration of church of the Trinity, 256
  • Conversation on Bible history, 136
  • —— church matters, 188, 193, 201, 225, 226, 254, 261, 262
  • —— about carpets, 258;
  • about interpreters, 259
  • Court churches, 219
  • Cows, fine breed of, 104, 331
  • Cultivation, 35, 106, 139, 163
  • Game, abundance of, 67
  • Gold-washing, 85
  • Gratitude of a Portuguese to a Jew, 376
  • Interview of Captain General, and the Barnagais, 8
  • —— of Don Rodrigo and the Barnagais, 42
  • Iron used for money, 117
  • King Abraham, 120
  • —— of Adea’s daughter, rejected on account of her large teeth, 110
  • King Lalibela, 122
  • Kingdom of Adea, 346
  • —— of Adel, 346
  • —— of Amazons, 318
  • Manuel, death of King, 299
  • Marriage, 46, 47
  • —— of priests, 56, 192
  • Maundy Thursday, 291
  • Memorial feast of St. Philip, 34, 35
  • Monasteries, description of, 21, 22, 88, 89, 90, 91, 118, 119, 162, 294
  • —— revenues, 36, 37
  • Moorish marauders, slaughter of, 107
  • Noble conduct of Hector da Silveira, 366
  • Nubians, 65
  • Nuns, 62
  • Palm Sunday, 291
  • Prester, appearance of, 203;
  • attends the Portuguese church service, 221, 224;
  • battle with King of Adel, 304, 310;
  • mode of encampment, 331, 338;
  • mode of travelling, 218, 231, 233, 340;
  • shows himself to his people, 220;
  • reception of, 235;
  • requests for presents, 238, 239;
  • entertains the Portuguese, 244, 260, 298;
  • presents to Portuguese and Franks, 271, 273;
  • letter to Diogo Lopez de Sequeira, 368, 374;
  • writes to King of Portugal, 270, 274, 389, 400;
  • writes to the Pope, 313;
  • divides the inheritance of his mother, 304;
  • territories of, 350
  • Priests’ orders, 57, 247
  • Prison, 335
  • Queen of Adea, 323, 325
  • Questions of Archbishop of Braga, and replies to them, 401–412
  • Red Sea fortresses, plans for, 204
  • Remedies, Ethiopian, 164
  • Royal message, mode of receiving, 59
  • —— umbrellas, 230
  • Sacramental bread, how made, 28
  • —— wine, substitute for, 412
  • Saints in Ethiopia, 208
  • —— lives of, 209
  • Salt, used as money, 99, 117
  • St. Peter’s See, claims of, 190, 191, 206
  • Visit of Alvarez to the Abima, 245
  • —— Don Rodrigo to the Abima, 263–5
  • Voyage of the Embassy to India, 364
  • —— down the Indian Coast, 377
  • —— from India, 378–381
  • Wealth of Portuguese monasteries, 262
  • Wrestling, 216
  • Yearly baptism, 240

NAMES OF PERSONS.

  • Diz, Ayres, 216
  • Diaz, Fernan, 7
  • Dori, 47, 343
  • Fernandez, Diogo, 330
  • Fernandez, Joam, 9, 276
  • Gabmaria, 216
  • Gabri, Andreas, 310
  • Galvan, Duarte, 3, 10, 182, 364, 377
  • —— Antonio, son of Duarte, 377, 379
  • Gama, Lopo da, 9, 141, 213
  • Gonzalvez, Joam, 9, 276
  • Gonzalvez, Francisco, 19
  • Gradani, Thomas, 178
  • Helena, Queen, 321
  • Lalibela, King, 122, 130
  • Lemos, Francisco de, 388
  • Lima, Rodrigo de, 9, 19, 383
  • Lopez, Pero, 9, 288
  • Paiva, Afonso de, 266
  • Palharte, Estevan, 9, 216, 277
  • Pereira, Gaspar, 9, 19
  • Piriz, Francisco, 388
  • Rafael, Ajaze, 212, 250
  • Robel, Balgada, 97
  • Romana, Orque, 47
  • Saldanha, Antonio de, 7
  • Sampayo, Lopo Vaz de, 367, 374
  • Sequeira, Diogo Lopez de, Viceroy, 3, 7, 311, 367, 385
  • Sheba, Queen of, 78, 353
  • Silveira, Hector da, 361, 366, 374
  • Soares, Lopo, Viceroy, 3, 310, 366
  • Teixeira, Pero Gomes, 7
  • Veiga, Tristan Vaz da, 378

NAMES OF PLACES.

  • Huaguida, mountain, 163
  • Ingabela, 132
  • Janamora, 112
  • Jangargara, 19
  • Kurbayra, 70
  • Penacova, 384
  • Ponte d’Almonda, 383
  • Tabaguy, district, 163
  • Temei, 66, 72
  • Terceira, island, 380