SOG 35
Scales of Gold Chapter 35
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]May 1466 - March 1467
- “By the time the rainy season had come” (p 415 Vintage)
- “When his Feast Day began to approach again” (p 415 Vintage) - this would be December 1466
- “The cooler months at the start of the year of 1467” (p 417 Vintage)
- “It is March” (p 427 Vintage)
Fictional Characters
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- Nicholas vander Poele
- Fr Godscalc (referenced)
- Gelis van Borselen (referenced)
- Loppe
- Loppe’s son
- Abderrahman ibn Said
- Astorre (referenced)
- Umar Niccolo, Loppe’s second son
- Bel of Cuthilgurdy (referenced)
- Diniz Vasquez (referenced)
- Gregorio (referenced)
- Julius (referenced)
- Tobias Beventini (referenced)
- Mick Crackbene (referenced)
- Ochoa de Marchena (referenced)
- Jilali ibn Said (referenced)
- Simon St Pol (referenced)
- Henry St Pol (referenced)
- Zuhra
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Tommaso Portinari (referenced)
- Duke Philip of Burgundy (referenced)
- Charles of Burgundy (referenced)
- Isabella of Bourbon (referenced)
- Edward IV of England (referenced)
- Louis XI of France (referenced)
- Muhammed ben Idir (referenced)
- Lemta Tuareg (referenced)
- Songhai people (referenced)
- King of Mali (referenced)
- Akil ag Malwal (referenced)
- Umar ben Idir (referenced)
- Katib Musa (referenced)
- Mandinguas of Mali (referenced)
- Fulani of Futa (referenced)
- King Gnumi Mansa (referenced)
- And-Agh-Muhammed al-Kabir
- Donatello (referenced)
- Marietta of Patras (referenced)
- John le Grant (referenced)
Locations
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- Timbuktu
- Djenne
- Gao (referenced)
- Rialto (referenced)
- Tlemcen (referenced)
- Bruges (referenced)
- Flanders (referenced)
- Lisbon (referenced)
- Venice (referenced)
- Cyprus (referenced)
- Alexandria (referenced)
- Scotland (referenced)
- Ma’ Dughu
- Trebizond (referenced)
- Urbino (referenced)
- Taghaza (referenced)
Literature
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Other References
[edit | edit source]Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]- “If ever Nicholas had wondered what he would choose, he learned that night. He, who had seen his father in Bruges cast into the fire the ledgers that contained all his hopes, that night in Timbuktu broke through door after blistered door, their metal patterns red-hot and spitting and smoking, and, ignoring the burning books, the priceless, curling scrolls, the smoking vellum, rescued the people.” - Vintage p 421
Controversies
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