Johann Michael Wansleben's travels in the Levant, 1671-1674 : an annotated edition of his Italian report

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Johann Michael Wansleben's travels in the Levant, 1671-1674 : an annotated edition of his Italian report

by Alastair Hamilton

(The history of Oriental studies / editors, Alastair Hamilton, Jan Loop, v. 4)

Brill, c2018

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"This edition of Wansleben's Giornale is ... far longer than the Nouvelle Relation, describing the journeys from Paris to Egypt by way of Cyprus and Syria, and from Egypt to Istanbul, by way of Chios and Izmir ... The manuscript, which formerly had the shelfmarks Baluze 211 and then Regius 10263/2, is now BNF MS italien 435."--p.56

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text in Italian, with introduction, appendices, and notes in English

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  • Giornale nel quale egli racconta le sue osservationi le più curiose, che egli ha fatto sopra li luoghi e paesi per dove egli è passato e li avenimenti li più memorabili che gli sono arrivati nel suo viaggio in Levante
  • Parte prima del giornale
  • La seconda parte del giornale
  • La terza parte del giornale
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Glossary

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Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in the Levant, 1671-1674 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Egypt and the Levant by the German scholar traveller Wansleben, or Vansleb (as he was known in France). He set out for the East in 1671 to collect manuscripts and antiquities for the French king and also produced the best study of the Copts to have appeared to date. This book recounts his travels in Syria, Turkey and Egypt, his everyday life in Cairo, and his anthropological and archeological discoveries which include the Graeco-Roman Gabbari cemetery in Alexandria, the Roman city of Antinopolis on the Nile, the Coptic monastery of St Anthony on the Red Sea and the Red and White monasteries in Upper Egypt.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction Giornale nel quale egli racconta le sue osservationi le piu curiose, che egli ha fatto sopra li luoghi e paesi per dove egli e passato e li avenimenti li piu memorabili che gli sono arrivati nel suo viaggio in Levante Part 1: Parte prima del giornale Part 2: La seconda parte del giornale Part 3: La terza parte del giornale Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Glossary Bibliography Index

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