Madonna, declines in artistic worth, 24; her realistic diet, 61; _della
Fita,_ 93; _acbiropita,_ 108, 113, 114; _del Patir,_ in; her friendship
with St. Nilus, 114; _del Castello,_ 122; _della Libera,_ 140; _di
Constantinopoli,_ 140; of Pollino, picnic in honour of, 151 _seq.; put
up to auction,_ 156; of Messina, 230, 237; absorbs Greek deities, 247;
_dell’ Arco,_ 249; _del Soccorso,_ 249; of Pompei, 249; _of the Hens,_
250; displaces saint-worship, 248-251; her Sacred Hat, 243, 265; her
Milk, 250; increases in popularity, 259, 264; _del Carmine,_ 301.
Maecenas, 41.
Maffei, A., 215.
Magic, instances of sympathetic, 57; imported from Egypt, 58, 251.
Magini, G. A., 97, 175.
Magna Mater, 108, 153, 259.
Mahaffy, J. P., 124.
Maida, plain of, 240, 241.
Malaria, at Manfredonia, 12; at Sipontum, 30; Venosa, 32; Policoro, 98;
old Sybaris, 115, 282-283; on Tyrrhenian sea-board, 241; at Focà, 283,
289; at Cotrone, 284, 291, 298; at Cosenza, 287, 291.
Malaria, votive offerings due to, 152; eliminates fair complexion, 225;
propagated by deforestation, 32, 286, 287; by artificial irrigation,
241; by migrations of labourers, 284; by recent climatic changes, 285;
by earthquake subsidences, 285; follows river-beds, 286; endemic for
two thousand years, 283; contributes to decline of old civilizations,
290; ravages among French troops, 241, 287; spread and significance of
the disease, 287, 291; methods of combating, 288; results of
quinine-policy, 289.
Male selection, among Hellenic races, 209.
_Malizia_ (cleverness), 47, 124.
Mallock, W. H., 265.
Malpica, C., 114.
Mammon, the god of emigrants, 22.
Mammone, brigand, 212.
Manfred, his infatuation for Saracens, 3; fate of his sons, 8 j) his
name survives, 45.
Manfredonia, its harbour, II; burnt by Corsairs, 12; wineshops and
burglaries, 15.
Manhes, General, his methods, 213, 214; at Bagnara, 242; at Serra, 293.
Manna ash, 93, 121.
Manzi, brigand, 214, 215.
Marafioti, G., 143.
Marbles, on beach at Taranto, 9!; Roman technique of cutting, 92.
Marcellinara, village, 205.
Marcellus, tomb of, 31.
Marchesato, district, 284.
Marchianò, M., 188.
Marchianò, S., 187.
Marcone, N., 243.
Marcus Aurelius, 251.
Margaret, saint, gratifying results of her autopsy, 258.
Marino, poet, 23, 169, 259.
Mariolatry, engenders effeminate saints, 259.
Marincola, L., 139.
Marincola Pistoia, D., 197.
Mark, saint, his church at Rossano, III; displaced by St. Rosalia, 247.
Mars, 27.
Martial, 53, 80.
Martorana, C., 135.