[Footnote 154: The Christianity of the Nubians (A.D. 1153)
is attested by the sheriff al Edrisi, falsely described
under the name of the Nubian geographer, (p. 18,) who
represents them as a nation of Jacobites. The rays of
historical light that twinkle in the history of Ranaudot (p.
178, 220 - 224, 281 - 286, 405, 434, 451, 464) are all
previous to this aera. See the modern state in the Lettres
Edifiantes (Recueil, iv.) and Busching, (tom. ix. p. 152 -
139, par Berenger.)]