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A Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Egypt c. 1467

• GirlsCanCode 8y ago
  Interesting that in Jerusalem he encountered Jews! Where were the "Palestinians"?
• jnurmine 8y ago
  Does anyone know of an English translation? My German is not that good and the font too old to be able to effortlessly read that.
  • yorwba 8y ago
    It's 15th century German as well, so it would be quite a challenge to read even if printed in a modern font. At least I could decipher that the animal on page 110v is supposed to be a giraffe (the drawing matches the description and the description matches a real giraffe, but a lot was lost in translation). https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=17488 https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN....
    • dmix 8y ago
      That does not look like a giraffe. I wonder what else looks totally different.
      • anoncake 8y ago
        I guess the illustrator based the image on the description without ever having seen a giraffe. The description starts with "The giraffe looks like a goat...".
    • maxxxxx 8y ago
      He calls it "giraffel"
  • anoncake 8y ago
    Even as a German, I find it quite hard to read.