Masci, A., 176.
Mater Domini, convent, 251.
Matera, town, 138.
Matthew Paris, _quoted,_ 7.
“Mattino,” a venal daily, 303.
Mazzara, town, 93.
Mazzella, Sc., 136.
Mazziotti, Prof. G., 183.
Meander, river, 100.
Medicines, compounded from animals, 57.
Mele, S., 53.
Melfi, town, 38.
Melito, town, 137.
Melliss, J. C., 286.
Mendicino, village, 197.
Mephitis, goddess of malaria, 32.
Mercer, Mr., 278.
Mercury, 26, 27.
Merenzata, river, 197.
Messapians, 65.
Messina, its Fata Morgana, 228; legend of Cola Pesce, 228-229; public
gardens, 231; effects of earthquake, 236-239.
Metapontum, 119, 284, 289.
Metchnikoff, E., 68.
Mice, eaten as medicine, 56.
Michael, saint, pre-renaissance relief of, 14; a cave-saint on Gargano,
17; childish and emasculate character, 23-29; affinities with older
gods, 23, 26, 27; stripped of his higher attributes, 28; a mere ghost,
29.
Middle Ages, their influence upon dragon-idea, 104.
Milk of the Virgin Mary, 250-251.
“Millionaires” of Acri, 195; of Cotrone, 302.
Milo of Croton, defeats Sybarites, 196; devoured by wolves, 222.
“Milosao,” Albanian rhapsodies, 190, 191.
Milton, indebtedness to S. della Salandra, 160 _seq.;_ to other Italian
poets, 169; friendship with Marquis Manzo, 168, 169; manuscripts at
Cambridge, 170; his “grand manner,” 171.
Minasi, A., 228.
Minieri-Riccio, C., 160.
Misasi, N., 294.
Mistletoe, on fir-trees, 203.
Mithra, 27, 309.
Moens, Mr., captured by brigands, 214.
Moltedo, F. T., 53.
Mommsen, T., 31.
Monasterace, village, 281.
Monasteries, develop out of hermitages, 112; refuge of brigands, 144,
215.
Monastic orders, competition between, 258.
Mondragone, mountain, 102.