FOOTNOTES:

[13] Plato’s Dialogue entitled «Timaeos,» 45.

[14] The names of the different parts of the eye are:

a. al-tabaqah al çalbah = sclerotica, hard-coat

b. » » al-mashîmiyyah = choroid, vascular skin

c. al-ghashâ-al-shabaky = retina, net skin

d. al-ratûbah al-zajâjiyyah = glassy moisture

e. al-ratûbah al-jalîdiyyah = crystalline lens

f. » » » ´ankabûtiyyah = ciliary, fibrous, hairy web

g. al-hadaqah = pupilla

h. al-tabaqah al-´inabiyyah = berry, grape coat

i. qarniyyah = cornea

k. al-multahimah = conjunctiva.

[I] perhaps we ought to read «_the ray_».

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