Prester John, the Mongols, and the Ten Lost Tribes

Author(s)

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

Bibliographic Information

Prester John, the Mongols, and the Ten Lost Tribes

edited by Charles F. Beckingham and Bernard Hamilton

Variorum, 1996

Note

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

NOTE:Bibliography: p. [291]-304

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• 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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Details

• NCID: BA28687582
• ISBN:
  • 086078553X
• LCCN: 96017094
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engfreger
• Place of Publication: Brookfield, VT
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 315 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G560
  • DC20 : 909.07
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Prester John (Legendary character)