The Vinland map and the Tartar relation / by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter for the Yale University Library. With a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor.
| Author/creator | Skelton, R. A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1965. |
| Description | xii, 291 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (part folded) ; 30 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Marston, Thomas E. |
| Other author/creator | Painter, George D. (George Duncan), 1914-2005. |
| Included Work | C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247. Hystoria Tartarorum. |
| Other author/creator | Yale University. Library. |
| Contents | 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) |
| Local note | Little-52040--305131052991$ |
| General note | 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. |
| Contains title | Vinland map. |
| LCCN | 65022339 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GA308 .Z65 S55 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |