SOG 33
Scales of Gold Chapter 33
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]Summer 1465
- Chapter begins “Four weeks” after the departure of Nicholas and Godscalc in late May
- “It is July” (p 394 Vintage) when Gelis meets the Medici agent
- “By August” (p 394 Vintage) Gregorio visits Lucia in Lagos
- “In the second week of September” (p 397 Vintage)
Fictional Characters
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- Nicholas vander Poele
- Gelis van Borselen
- Florence van Borselen (referenced)
- Loppe
- Jordan de Riberac (referenced)
- Simon St Pol (referenced)
- Katelina van Borselen (referenced)
- Zuhra
- Bel of Cuthilgurdy (referenced)
- Diniz Vasquez (referenced)
- Gregorio
- Astorre (referenced)
- Tobias Beventini (referenced)
- Melchiorre (referenced)
- Jamie (referenced)
- Lucia Vasquez
- Filipe (referenced)
- Saloum (referenced)
- Fr Godscalc
- Jorge da Silves (referenced)
- Mick Crackbene (referenced)
- Abderrahman ibn Said
- Ochoa de Marchena (referenced)
- Henry St Pol (referenced)
- Martin of the Vatachino (referenced)
- Raffaelo Doria (referenced)
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Seigneur of Veere (referenced)
- Wolfaert van Borselen (referenced)
- King Louis XI of France (referenced)
- Skanderbeg (referenced)
- The Lomellini family (referenced)
- King Gnumi Mansa (referenced)
- Akil ag Malwal (referenced)
- Muhammed ben Idir (referenced)
- King Alfonso of Portugal (referenced)
- Benedetto Dei (referenced)
- Joao Vasquez (referenced)
- Cosimo de Medici (referenced)
- Tomosso Portinari (referenced)
- Diogo Gomes
- David de Salmeton (referenced)
Locations
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- Scotland (referenced)
- Levant (referenced)
- Flanders (referenced)
- Timbuktu
- Brussels (referenced)
- Geneva (referenced)
- Qadi’s library
- Albania (referenced)
- Ponta do Sol (referenced)
- Bruges (referenced)
- Venice (referenced)
- Madeira (referenced)
- Lagos
- Gambia river (referenced)
- Gao (referenced)
- Joliba river (referenced) also called Gher Nigheren
- Takedda (referenced)
- Cairo (referenced)
- Mecca (referenced)
- Tlemcen (referenced)
- Tripoli (referenced)
- Kano (referenced)
- Caravan route: Azawa, Ghat, Murzak, Aujila, Siwa, Air, Bilma
- Ethiopia (referenced)
- Sintra
- Wangara (referenced)
- Cantor (referenced)
- Trebizond (referenced)
Literature
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Other References
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Controversies
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