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English: Africa Detail of the Hereford Map of the World, around 1280: South of the Nile River dwell strange people: Blemee (Blemyae, Blemmyes) with face in the chest, or at their shoulders (Isidore of Seville admitting these two kinds fo Blemmyae, but Kline guesses the shoulder-type is "Epiphagi"); Marmini Ethiopes (four-eyes), Agriophagi (their king have a single eye), Trocoditee (Troglodytes), Gangines Ethiopes, ; and beasts: basiliscus (basilisk), etc.[1][2]
Deutsch: Detail der Weltkarte von Hereford, um 1280, Detail des damals bekannten Teil Afrikas: Südlich des Nils wohnen seltsamsten Wesen: die Blemee (Blemyae, Blemmyes) Kopflose mit Augen und Mund in der Brust, ein andere mit Augen auf Schuldern (Isidore schreibt dass es gibt dieser zwei Sorten Blemmyae, aber Kline denkt die andere ist "Epiphagi") ; Marmini Ethiopes (die Vieräugige), Agriophagi (ihr König haben ein einziges Auge), Trocoditee (troglodytes), Gangines Ethiopes,; und Tiere: basiliscus (Basilisk), usw.
Français : Africa, Detail de Mappemonde de Hereford, vers 1280: Quant aux régions situées aus sud de fleuve Nil, on rencontre de gens les plus bizarres: les Blemee (Blemyae, Blemmyes) avec le visage dans la poitrine, un autre avec les yeux et bouches à l'épaules (Isidore de Séville écrit qu'ily ces deux types de Blemmyae; mais Kline croix que le seconde est "Epiphagi"); Marmini Ethiopes (quatre-yeux), Agriophagi (leur roi ont un seul œil), Trocoditee (Troglodytes), Gangines Ethiopes,; et les bêtes: basiliscus (Basilic), etc.
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Author Richard of Haldingham

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  1. ↑ Kline, Naomi Reed (2001) Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm[1], Boydell Press, pages 143, 95
  2. ↑ Mediæval Geography: An Essay in Illustration of the Hereford Mappa Mundi[2], E. Stanford, 1873, page 103

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