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Abdallah b. Ibrahim (r. 1434–46) 233
Abel-Rémusat, Jean-Pierre 219n.10
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies (Nüshi zhen tu 女史箴图) (after
Gu Kaizhi) 223–4, 223
Adoration of the Magi (Mantegna) 78, 78
The Adventures of the Eunuch... (Sanbao taijian xiyang ji 三寶太監西洋記) (Luo
Maodeng) 198, 198
Ahmad al-Tīfāshi (1184–1253) 238
Ai, Empress 哀 (Tang dynasty) 114
Ailiu 隘留, Jianzhi province 18
Allah 23, 30
Allom, Thomas, Porcelain Pagoda 179, 179, 182, 185
altars
Altar of Heaven and Earth (Tianditan 天地壇) (later Altar of
Agriculture), Beijing 51, 54, 54, 55n.17
Altar of Mountains and Rivers (Shanchuantan 山川壇) 51
Altar of the Spirits of the Soil and the Five Grains (Shejitan
社稷壇) 51
Shejitan front hall 社稷壇前殿 (1425) 51, 192
Circular Mound Altar (Huanqiu 圜丘) 114, 115, 118
amber 32
ambergris 33
Amogha 148, 149
Amusement of Fishermen in a River Landscape (Jiangshan yule tu
江山漁樂圖) (Wu Wei) 60, 60
Amusements in the Four Seasons (Siji shangwan tu 四季賞玩圖) (anonymous)
82, 82, 83, 83
Amusements in the Xuande Emperor’s Palace (Zhu Zhanji xingle to 朱瞻基行樂
圖) (anonymous) 81
An Gyeon 安堅 (active c. 1440–70), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land
(Mong-yudowondo 夢遊桃源圖) 213, 214, 214
Angola, padrão 22
Anhui province 59, 104, 110, 181
Anige (1245–1306) 149, 153
animals
auspicious 125, 129
motifs 115, 117, 118, 119
see also elephants; giraffes; horses
Anlu 安陸 (now Zhongxiang 鐘祥) 163, 164
The Annals of Ryukyu (Liuqiu guo zhi lüe 琉球國志略) (Zhou Huang) 204, 204
Annam (Annan; Đại Việt, now northern Vietnam)
annexation 15, 16, 17–20, 25n.60, 37–45, 107, 186, 207
tribute 126, 129
Anpyeong, Prince (1418–53) 213
Anthology of Brilliant Flowers (Hwanghwa jip 皇華集) (Ni Qian) 216
Anthology of Iskandar Sultan 230–1, 231
Arabia 31, 207, 256, 258
architecture 62, 63, 64, 64, 66, 67, 134, 181
early Ming Court 189–96
Shah-i Zindeh 229
see also Da Baoensi; Qutansi; Changling
aromatics 18, 32, 243
Arugtai (d. 1434) 12
Ashikaga shoguns 4, 81
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, portrait (anonymous) 4
Assam, India 16
Assembly of Artists and Scholars of Various Talents and Schools of Former Times
(Wanggu jiuliu baijia zhu shi yishu zhong 往古九流百家諸士藝術眾)
(anonymous) 85, 85
astronomy 87
auspicious signs, Yongle period 122–33, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130,
131, 132
Ava-Burma 17
Ayudhya 21

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