The Book of Marvels: A Medieval Guide to the Globe Barbara Heller

The Book of Marvels: A Medieval Guide to the Globe Barbara HellerThis fascinating volume explores an important fifteenth century illustrated manuscript tradition that provides a revealing glimpse of how western Europeans conceptualized the world. From the classical encyclopedias of Pliny to famous tales such as The Travels of Marco Polo, historical travel writing has had a lasting impact, despite the fact that it was based on a curious mixture of truth, legend, and outright superstition. One foundational medieval

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