Prester John, the Mongols, and the Ten Lost Tribes

著者

• Hamilton, Bernard
• Beckingham, C. F. (Charles Fraser)

書誌事項

Prester John, the Mongols, and the Ten Lost Tribes

edited by Charles F. Beckingham and Bernard Hamilton

Variorum, 1996

注記

Papers chiefly in English, with 3 contributions in German and one in French

NOTE:Bibliography: p. [291]-304

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This volume contains the principal sources relating to the Prester John legend, along with a number of modern articles on the topic. The legend is examined in the context of such themes as Mongol history, Russian literature, and the medieval Jewish accounts of the Ten Lost Tribes.

目次

• The achievements of Prester John. The Prester John texts: the patriarch John of India and Prester John
• Prester John's letter to the Byzantine emperor Emmanuel, with a note by B. Hamilton on additional Latin manuscripts of the letter
• Alexander III's letter to Prester John. Interpretations: two passages from "La Prophetie de Hannan, fils d'Isaac"
• the "Relatio de Davide" as a source for Mongol history and the legend of Prester John
• Prester John and the Mongols
• Prester John and the three Kings of Cologne
• Prester John and Russia, edited by W.F. Ryan
• an Ethiopian embassy to Europe, c.1310
• Prester John in West Africa
• Eldad ha-Dani and Prester John
• continental drift - Prester John's progress through the Indies
• the quest for Prester John.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA28687582
• ISBN:
  • 086078553X
• LCCN: 96017094
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: engfreger
• 出版地: Brookfield, VT
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 315 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : G560
  • DC20 : 909.07
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Prester John (Legendary character)