The Vinland map and the Tartar relation /
Skelton, R. A. 1906-1970.
The Vinland map and the Tartar relation / by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, George D. Painter for the Yale University Library ; With a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 1965. - xii, 291 p. : illus., facsims., maps (part fold.) 30 cm.
The manuscript map and text were copied about 1440 by an unknown scribe from lost earlier originals. The first is a world map, including the Western Ocean, with representations of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland; the second is an account, written in 1247 by an unidentified friar who called himself C. de Bridia, of Carpini's mission to the Mongols in 1245-47.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and Includes index.
The manuscript: history and description, by T. E. Marston.--Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation.--The Tartar relation, edited, with introd., translation and commentary, by G. D. Painter.--The Vinland map, by R. A. Skelton.--The Tartar relation and the Vinland map: an interpretation, by G. D. Painter.--Bibliography (p. 263-269)
C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247. Hystoria Tartarorum.
Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, -1252.
Vinland map.
Early maps.
Mongols--History--Sources.
GA308.Z65 / S54 1965
The Vinland map and the Tartar relation / by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, George D. Painter for the Yale University Library ; With a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 1965. - xii, 291 p. : illus., facsims., maps (part fold.) 30 cm.
The manuscript map and text were copied about 1440 by an unknown scribe from lost earlier originals. The first is a world map, including the Western Ocean, with representations of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland; the second is an account, written in 1247 by an unidentified friar who called himself C. de Bridia, of Carpini's mission to the Mongols in 1245-47.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and Includes index.
The manuscript: history and description, by T. E. Marston.--Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation.--The Tartar relation, edited, with introd., translation and commentary, by G. D. Painter.--The Vinland map, by R. A. Skelton.--The Tartar relation and the Vinland map: an interpretation, by G. D. Painter.--Bibliography (p. 263-269)
C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247. Hystoria Tartarorum.
Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, -1252.
Vinland map.
Early maps.
Mongols--History--Sources.
GA308.Z65 / S54 1965