350 FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE BANNAT, 
CHAP, by the Tahtars is mentioned by Ranzanus\ In 
IV. . ^ "^. , 
- its present state, Gran contanis about 6000 
opuation. inbabitants. Its archbishop enjoyed many and 
extensive privileges; among others, that of 
crowning the kings of Hungary", and of creating 
nobles throughout the whole extent of his archi- 
Minerai cpiscopal domaiu. It is famous for its warm 
^""^^ baths': and Dr. Townson notices a manufacture 
for extracting magnesia from the water, which 
is impregnated with Epsom salt; a hundred 
cubic inches yielding 700 grains of the suJphat of 
magnesia, together with a small portion of the 
Martins, a Bolognese Professor of Language*, who accompanied Matthias 
Corvinus from Italy, and became a schoolmaster in Hungary. Speaking 
of this city, he says: " Strigonium oppidum Hungariae in ripis Danubii 
fiitum, a Buda, quosecundoflumine descenditur, f:rigintamillibus passuum 
distans, arcem habet in edito colle munitissimam et pulcherrimam. Nee 
immerito . fuit enim aliquando rcgum domus, et habitatio, et in ea arce 
templum, cujus pronaiira, et solum porphyreo lapide constructum, a longe 
habens prospectum, vasis aur^is, argenteisque, nee non pulcherrimo et 
ditissimo sacerdotalium vestimentoruni apparatu potest cum omnibus jure 
certare. Estque Sirigonium Hungaria: metropolis, cum opulentissimo 
Archiepiscopatu." Guleot. Mart, de Dictis et Factis Matthice, cap. 30. 
ap. Script. Rer. Hung. p. 385. Fancof. 1600. 
(1) Chronica Hungarorum Ranzani, ubi supra. See also the Decads 
of Bonfinius, lib. viii. Dec. 2. ;;. 500. edit. Sam6uci. Franco/. 1581. 
(2) " L'arclievesque mettoit autrefois la couronne aux rois d'Hongrie, 
le jour de leur sacre." {Royaume d'' Hongrie, chap. 7. p. 62. Cologne, 
1686.) The same author has given {chap. 15. p. 160.) an account of the 
ceremonies observed at the coronation of the Hungarian sovereigns. 
(3) The celebrated warm baths of Buda, Gran, and other parts of 
Hungary, are frequented by visitants from Poland, Russia, Germany, &c. 
