London Travels of John Mandeville

London Travels of John Mandeville Facsimile Edition

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 1

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 2

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 3

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 4

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 5

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 6

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 7

Travels of Sir John of Mandeville, London, British Library, Add MS 24189 − Photo 8

The London Travels of John Mandeville is a series of twenty-eight full-page miniatures painted in Prague in the 1410s to accompany the Czech translation of a popular text that is a pilgrimage guide combined with observations about the topography, naturalia, and life at the courts of Asia and North Africa, a text credited to the fictional Sir John Mandeville. The artist of the distinctive green-tinted semi-grisaille images—with figures in tones of soft green and landscape features and backgrounds in full color—is known as the Master of the Mandeville Travels after these paintings.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "London Travels of John Mandeville": Los Viajes de Sir John Mandeville facsimile edition, published by Patrimonio Ediciones, 2017

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Alternative Titles: Picture Book of Sir John Mandeville's Travels -- Travels of Sir John of Mandeville -- I Viaggi di Sir John Mandeville -- Los Viajes de Sir John Mandeville
Physical Features: Manuscript book on parchment − 22.5 × 18.1 cm − 16 fols.
Origin: ca. 1410–1420 − Prague – Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Genre(s): Literature
Style: Gothic
Artist(s) / School(s): Master of the Mandeville Travels
Content: Series of miniatures illustrating the purported travels of Sir John Mandeville
Illumination: 28 full-page miniatures

Manuscript book description compiled by Mary Helen Gallucci.

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Los Viajes de Sir John Mandeville

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Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, London Travels of John Mandeville: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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