Chapter Paesaggi, flora e fauna “paradisiaci” dell’isola di Ceylon nella Relatio di Giovanni de’ Marignolli
On his return journey from the court of the Great Khan in Beijing, the Florentine Franciscan friar John of Marignolli (†1358/1359) also visited Ceylon, the land inhabited by humans closest to the Terrestrial Paradise and, hence, endowed with marvellous landscapes, flora, and fauna. This experience p...
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Firenze University Press
2025
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| Sumari: | On his return journey from the court of the Great Khan in Beijing, the Florentine Franciscan friar John of Marignolli (†1358/1359) also visited Ceylon, the land inhabited by humans closest to the Terrestrial Paradise and, hence, endowed with marvellous landscapes, flora, and fauna. This experience provided the friar with precious material for his commentary on the biblical passages contained in his Chronicon Bohemorum – from which the Relatio is taken, collecting the Chronicon’s passages concerning Asia – allowing him to confirm biblical auctoritas and classical and medieval auctoritates or to deny them on the basis of the empirical data he had collected. The result is a balanced perspective between the traditional Christian Wertstruktur and a sincere interest and admiration for the Other. |
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