02597nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10372777 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090225s2009 ne abf sb 001 0deng 2009008453 9789004174986 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9004174982 (hbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647893003 a------ e------ DS6 .B66 2009eb 915.04/3 22 The 'book' of travels [electronic resource] : genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700 / edited by Palmira Brummett. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. xvi, 329 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 140 Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-309) and index. Introduction : genre, witness, and time in the 'book' of travels / Palmira Brummett -- Late medieval ambassadors and the practice of cross-cultural encounters, 1250-1450 / Joan-Pau Rubi�es -- Ruy Gonz�alez de Clavijo's narrative of courtly life and ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404 / David J. Roxburgh -- Copying maps by Matthew Paris : itineraries fit for a king / Daniel K. Connolly -- 'A mirrour of mis-haps, a mappe of miserie' : dangers, strangers, and friends in Renaissance pilgrimage / Wes Williams -- Postcards from the harem : the cultural translation of Niccolao Manucci's book of travels / Pompa Banerjee -- Afterword : one reader reading / Mary Baine Campbell. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Europeans Travel Asia. Travelers' writings, European History and criticism. Literary form History. Travelers' writings, European Themes, motives. Ethnology in literature. Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature. Intercultural communication in literature. Asia Description and travel. Asia In literature. Electronic books. local Brummett, Palmira Johnson, 1950- ebrary, Inc. Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 140. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10372777 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 195158 195158