A Missing Link in European Travel Literature: Burchard of Mount Sion's Description of Egypt
This article offers a first study and edition of Burchard of Mount Sion’s ‘Egyptian section’. This text—hitherto almost completely neglected by scholars—provides a detailed account of Egypt, and is preserved in its entirety in two manuscripts, following Burchard’s Descriptio Terrae Sanctae. The pres...
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Universidad de Córdoba
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Mediterranea |
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| Online Access: | http://www.uco.es/servicios/ucopress/ojs/index.php/mediterranea/article/view/10770/9951 |