| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 512 pages) |
| Series |
The history of Oriental studies ; volume 4 |
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History of Oriental studies ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
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 -- Parte prima del giornale -- La seconda parte del giornale -- La terza parte del giornale -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Johann Michael Wansleben?s Travels in the Levant, 1671?1674' is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Egypt and the Levant by the German scholar traveller Wansleben, or Vansleb (as he was known in France).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 |
| Notes |
"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"--Text |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in Italian, with introduction, appendices, and notes in English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2018) |
| Subject |
Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679 -- Travel -- Middle East
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Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679 -- Travel -- Egypt
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Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679.
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| SUBJECT |
Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679. fast (OCoLC)fst00164902 |
| Subject |
TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
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Travel.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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Egypt -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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| Subject |
Egypt.
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Middle East.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- editor.
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Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679.
Nouvelle relation en forme de iournal, d'vn voyage fait en Egypte
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| LC no. |
2018016896 |
| ISBN |
9789004362154 |
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9004362150 |
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