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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1635332025-08-02T05:14:09Z Chapter Paesaggi, flora e fauna “paradisiaci” dell’isola di Ceylon nella Relatio di Giovanni de’ Marignolli Mocella, Paola John of Marignolli Ceylon travel literature mirabilia Middle Ages 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. 2025-08-02T05:14:08Z 2025-08-02T05:14:08Z 2025-08-01T15:42:12Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506020_15 2975-0229 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104565 9791221506020 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163533 ita Studi di letterature moderne e comparate open access image/jpeg Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104565/1/43594.pdf Firenze University Press Firenze University Press, USiena Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0602-0.15 10.36253/979-12-215-0602-0.15 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221506020 Firenze University Press, USiena Press 9 Florence open access
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Chapter Paesaggi, flora e fauna “paradisiaci” dell’isola di Ceylon nella Relatio di Giovanni de’ Marignolli
title Chapter Paesaggi, flora e fauna “paradisiaci” dell’isola di Ceylon nella Relatio di Giovanni de’ Marignolli
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Middle Ages
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