er of the Man Jesus; the former dwelling in
the latter as in a Temple, or uniting with the latter "as fire with iron."
_Nestorin_, the term used by Polo, is almost a literal transcript of the
Arab form _Nasturi_. A notice of the Metropolitan sees, with a map, will
be found in _Cathay_, p. ccxliv.

_Jathalik_, written in our text (from G. T.) _Jatolic_, by Fr. Burchard
and Ricold _Jaselic_, stands for [Greek: Katholikos]. No doubt it was
originally _Gathalik_, but altered in pronunciation by the Arabs. The term
was applied by Nestorians to their Patriarch; among the Jacobites to the
_Mafrian_ or Metropolitan. The Nestorian Patriarch at this time resided at
Baghdad. (_Assemani_, vol. iii. pt. 2; _Per. Quat._ 91, 127.)

The Jacobites, or Jacobins, as they are called by writers of that age (Ar.
_Ya'ubkiy_), received their name from Jacob Baradaeus or James Zanzale,
Bishop of Edessa (so called, Mas'udi says, because he was a maker of
_barda'at_ or saddle-cloths), who gave a great impulse to their doctrine
in the 6th century. [At some time between the years 541 and 578, he
separated from the Church and became a follower of the doctrine of
Eutyches.--H. C.] The Jacobites then formed an independent Church, which
at one time spread over the East at least as far as Sistan, where they had
a see under the Sassanian Kings. Their distinguishing tenet was
_Monophysitism_, viz., that Our Lord had but one Nature, the Divine. It
was in fact a rebound from Nestorian doctrine, but, as might be expected
in such a case, there was a vast number of shades of opinion among both
bodies. The chief locality of the Jacobites was in the districts of Mosul,
Tekrit, and Jazirah, and their Patriarch was at this time settled at the
Monastery of St. Matthew, near Mosul, but afterwards, and to the present
day, at or near Mardin. [They have at present two patriarchates: the
Monastery of Zapharan near Baghdad and Etchmiadzin.--H. C.] The Armenian,
Coptic, Abyssinian, and Malabar Churches all hold some shade of the
Jacobite doctrine, though the first two at least have Patriarchs apart.

(_Assemani_, vol. ii.; _Le Quien_, II. 1596; _Mas'udi_, II. 329-330; _Per.
Quat._ 124-129.)

NOTE 3.--We see here that _mosolin_ or _muslin_ had a very different
meaning from what it has now. A quotation from Ives by Marsden shows it to
have been applied in the middle of last century to a strong cotton cloth
made at Mosul. Dozy says the Arabs use _Maucili_ in the sense of m