INDEX 



AARON, high priest in Israel, 



280, 284, 358. 

 Abbot, 294, 325. 

 Abel, 330, 363. 



Abiathar, Hebrew priest, 46, 47, 

 333, 344, 347, 351-353, 363- 

 365. 



Abiram, Hebrew rebel, 279, 283. 

 Abishag, David's wife, 344, 348- 



351. 



Abishai, David's companion, 335. 

 Abner, Hebrew captain, 346, 



351. 

 Absalom, David's son, 325, 338, 



346, 347. 



Acrifolium (aquifolium), 107. 

 Adam, 252-257, 261, 266-273. 

 Adam von Bremen, 19 note. 

 " Address to the Norwegian 

 People," King Sverre's, 39^-6, 

 49, 58, 59. 

 Adonijah, David's son, 46, 64, 



341,344,345,347-351. 

 Agag, king of Amalek, 326. 

 Ahasuerus, Persian king, 237- 



240, 244. 

 Ahimelech, Hebrew priest, 331- 



333, 362, 365. 

 Albertus Magnus, medieval 



schoolman, 2. 

 Ale springs, 134. 



Alexander Neckam, medieval 

 scientist, 12, 18. 



375 



Alfonso the Wise, Spanish king, 



31. 

 Amalek, Amalekites, 52, 279, 



283, 319, 325, 326, 362. 

 Amasa, Hebrew captain, 346,351. 

 Amorites, 319, 326. 

 Andenes, headland in Lofoten, 



98. 



Angels, 261-263, 309, 338, 360. 

 Ant, Habits of the, 92. 

 Apples, St. Kevin's, 113; of 



knowledge, 252, 253, 255, 



264-266. 



Apulia, Southern Italy, 96, 97. 

 Arctic, Marvels of the, 21, 105, 



119-126, 135-141. 

 Armor, 217-220. 

 Arnamagnean collection, 65, 68. 

 Artaxerxes, Persian king, 237. 

 Arthurian legends, 2, 3. 

 Asp, serpent in Paradise, 264. 

 Athens, 309, 310, 312. 

 Augustine, Saint, 40. 

 Aura, 172. 



BACON, Roger, medieval scien- 

 tist, 2. 



Balances of justice, The, 306, 

 307. 



Baleen whale, 120. 



Basking sharks, 122 note. 



Bathsheba, Uriah's wife, 323- 

 325, 344, 348-351; see Uriah. 



