[Footnote 16: See Elmacin, (Hist. Saracen. p. 267,)
Abulpharagius, (Dynast. p. 201,) and Abulfeda, (Annal.
Moslem. p. 264,), and the criticisms of Pagi, (tom. iii.
A.D. 944.) The prudent Franciscan refuses to determine
whether the image of Edessa now reposes at Rome or Genoa;
but its repose is inglorious, and this ancient object of
worship is no longer famous or fashionable.]