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Language German Place Mount Sinai, Egypt

1. Egerton MS 1900

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1900
Title:
German translation of Niccolò da Poggibonsi’s Libro d’Oltramare; itinerary of a trip from Europe to the Holy Land and back; instructions for pilgrims to Jerusalem.
Scope & Content:
The main text of this manuscript recounts a first-person account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai. Because of the contemporary note on one of the original flyleaves (f. 156r, copied in 17th century on f. 1v) stating that Gabriel Muffel (d. 1498), third son of the Nuremburg patrician ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1465
Extent:
A paper codex

2. Egerton MS 1901

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1901
Title:
1. ACCOUNT by Sebaldt Rietter, or Rieter, of Nuremberg, of a journey to the Holy Land made by himself and Sigmundt von Egloffstainn in 1474; with descriptions of the Holy Places. Prefixed is an account by Sebaldt Rietter of Pieter Rietter, his father, and of a pilgrimage made by himself to Compostella in 1462. In Ger. f. 1. 2. Itinerary, with distances, from Nuremberg to London and Edinburgh, thence through France, Spain, and Italy, and by Venice to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai, and thence th...
Scope & Content:
Mount Sinai: Travels to: 15th cent.: Germ. Jerusalem: Pilgrimage of H. Tuecher and S. Richer to, with itinerary: 1479.: Germ. Sebalt Rietter, of Nuremberg: Account of his journeys and pilgrimages: 16th cent.: Germ. includes: f. 6 Voyages and Travels: To St. Jago de Compostella, by S. Riett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1420-1599
Extent:
1 item