| Description |
188 pages : facsimiles |
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regular print |
| Series |
Original series / Early English Text Society ; no. 253 |
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Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 253
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| Contents |
Introduction. The affiliation of the manuscripts -- The date of the Bodley Version -- The origin of the Bodley Version -- The origin of the Latin text -- A description of the manuscripts of the Bodley Verson -- A description of the manuscripts of the Latin text -- The texts -- The language of MS. e Musaeo 116 |
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Itinerarium Iohannis Maundeville |
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Mandeville's travels--the Bodely Version. Prologue -- The way to Constantinople -- The cross and the crown -- Constantinople and the Greek faith -- The lady of Lango -- Cairo and the sultans -- Egypt -- From Cairo to Mount Sinai/ The monastery of St. Catherine -- The desert/ The dry tree/ Bethlehem -- Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre -- The temple at Jerusalem -- The dead sea -- Galilee/ The Christian sects -- Mahomet and the Koran -- Armenia/ The legend of the sparrowhawk -- The land of the Amazons/ Diamonds -- Ethiopia and India -- St. Thomas -- Strange customs in Ethiopia -- Prester John -- The valley perilous -- The virtuous heathen and Alexander the Great -- The gold-digging ants -- The great Khan and his court -- The history of the Khans -- Heathen peoples and their customs |
| Analysis |
reiser |
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reiseskildringer |
| Notes |
Sometimes attributed to Jean d'Outremeuse |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Commentary" (pages 149-176) |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-approximately 1399.
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Mandeville, John, Sir.
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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
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Voyages and travels.
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| Author |
Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-approximately 1399.
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Seymour, Maurice Charles
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Bodleian Library. Manuscript. E. Musaeo 116
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British Museum. Manuscript. Royal 13 E. ix
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Early English Text Society.
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| LC no. |
64001706 |
| ISBN |
0197222536 |
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9780197222539 |
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