307 _qui nase homeni | che ano Il uolto | nel petto_ (here are born men who have the face in the chest): Such monsters are described by Solinus, 31,5; Isidore, Etym., XI, 3, 17; and shown on the Hereford map (Miller, Mappaemundi, iv, 45). XII. Middle and Lower Nile Region Mountains 308 _M^o. dimas_: Mons dimas, Mauro;=? 309 _M^o. libuzio_: Montes Libyci, Ptol. (IV, 5: 19 (FA14));=escarpment overlooking Nile Valley on W (PW, xiii, 148). 310 _M^o. pilazi_: Mons Pollaza, Mauro; ?Pylaei Montes in Ethiopia, Ptol. (IV, 7: 26 (FA15));=? 311 _M^o. arazas_: Arangas Mons, in Lybia Interior, Ptol. (IV, 6: 12 (FA15));=? Rivers and Lakes 312 _f. nillo_: The course of the Nile and its tributaries corresponds essentially with that of CE (Kret., CE, 89-91; see also 338). 313 _f. stapus_: Astapus Fl. in Ethiopia, Ptol. (IV, 7:24 (FA15));=Bahr al-Azraq, or Blue Nile (PW, ii, 1775-1776; Besnier, 96). Other Natural Features 314 _Etiopia dezito_: Ethiopian desert. 315 _Libia dixerta_; Deserta Libya, Ptol. (IV, 3:27 (FA13)). 316 _dixerta arenoxa | qui nase animali quat|rupedi che ano Il uolto | domo_ (sandy desert where are born quadruped animals which have the face of a man): Possibly refers to the mantichora of Pliny (Nat. hist., VIII, 21; see Wright, Lore, 468). 317 _y^a. meroe_: Island of Meroë, Ptol. (IV, 7 (FA15)). Edifices (A) West Coast of Red Sea 318 _filistina_: =Palestine. 319 _aid . p_(?): Aydip, CA;=Aidhab. 320 _cidor_(?): =? 321 _climas_: Climas, Mauro;=? (B) On the Nile and Stapus 322 _alesan|dria_: Alexandria, CA. 323 _babilonia_: Babillonja, CA; Babilonia, CE;=the medieval name of Old Cairo. 324 _sacon_: Sohan, CA; Soan, CE;=anct. Syene, mod. Aswan. 325 _bac ._(?): =? 326, 327, 328, 329 Illeg. (C) On North Shore of West African Gulf 330, 331 Illeg. Place Name, West Coast of Red Sea 332 _tes_ (or _tos_): ?Chos, CA; Con.;=?Qoseir XIII. Upper Nile Region and West Africa Mountains 333 _M^o. Bardtion_(?): Bardetus Mons in Ethiopia Interior, Ptol. (IV, 8: 6 (FA15)). 334 _M^o. Lune docho | nasitur nillo_ (Mountains of the Moon from which the Nile rises): According to a long legend on CE these mountains are called “Gibel Camar by the Saracens, which means Mountains of the Moon in our tongue”; they are so high that although they lie on the equator both poles may be seen from them. The famous Mountains of the Moon were first mentioned by Ptolemy (IV, 8: 3); see also Kret., CE. 91-92. 335 _M^o. capis_: Caphas Mons in Libya Interior, Ptol. (IV, 6: 9 (FA15)); see PW, x, 1892.