Related articles in this issue:
Exhibiting world history : the 700th anniversary of Rashid al-Din’s Jami’ al-Tawarikh / Yuka Kadoi.
Panni Tartarici : splendid cloths from the Mongol empire in European contexts /Juliane von Fircks.

Contents: Odorico e gli altri viaggiatori francescani dell'epoca Yuan / Giuliano Bertuccioli. -- La Cina plurinazionale dell'epoca Yuan / Piero Corradini. -- I Mongoli in Asia al tempo della Relatio / Luciano Petech. Il cristianisimo cinese nel secolo XVI / Paul Pang, OFM. -- I manoscritti della Relatio : problematica per un'edizione critica / Lucio Monaco. -- Bozza per un censimento dei manoscritti odoriciani / Giulio Cesare Testa. -- Il Beato Odorico da Pordenone : appunti bibliografici / Clément Schmitt. -- L'antropologia culturale nella Relatio di Fra Odorico da Pordenone / Bernward H. Willeke, OFM. -- Curiosità e leggende medievali nella Relatio / Gunther Hamann. -- Le contraddizioni sociali della Cina nella prima metà del XIV secolo / Yang Na. -- Contributo di Odorico alla conoscenza geografica dell'Asia / Osvaldo Baldacci. -- Odorico nella Cina del trecento : itinerario e realtà sociale secondo la Relatio / Giorgio Melis.
Includes a descriptive bibliography of manuscript editions of Odoric's Relatio, p. 121-150.

Keywords: Mongols ; Yuan dynasty ; Relatio ; Central Asia, medieval geography ; biographical descriptions of Franciscan missionaries; Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, William of Rubruk, John of Montecorvino, John of Marignolli.

Princely gifts and papal treasures : the Franciscan mission to China and its influence on the art of the West, 1250-1350 / Lauren Arnold.

Includes bibliography (p.201-213) and index.

Contents:
Prologue: The Spring of 1288 -- I. The Franciscan Mission to China: an introduction -- II. Rabban Sauma brings gifts to Rome: 1288 -- III. Beijing 1294-1304: the establishment of the first Latin Christian Church -- IV. Rome, Assisi and Avignon: 1294-1304 -- V. Peregrinantes pro Christi: China 1304-1328 -- VI. Franciscans in Europe: 1304-1338 -- VII. In the far west lived the great Horses of Heaven...China 1328-1348 -- VIII. The end of the Franciscan Mission: the Black Death in Europe 1348-1363 -- IX. Princely gifts and Papal treasures: the artistic legacy of China in Europe -- X. Assessing the Franciscan presence in China: the archaeological and artistic evidence.
Addenda: 1. Cities in China with various spellings. 2. The Yuan dynasty. 3. Royal collectors in Europe.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

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The Franciscans had active and prolonged contact with China during the century of the Pax Mongolica (ca. 1250--1350). They established missions in China and carried princely gifts back and forth between the popes in Rome and the Yuan emperors in Beijing. The author documents this extensive medieval contact, and proposes that a significant exchange occurred between the artistic traditions of east and west during this era as well.

The mission of Friar William of Rubruck : his journey to the court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253-1255 / translated by Peter Jackson ; introduction, notes and appendices by Peter Jackson with David Morgan.
Translation of: Itinerarium. Spince title: The mission of William of Rubruck.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-301) and index.
"This translation is based on the critical edition of the Latin text by P. Anastasius Van den Wyngaert. O.F.M., which appeared in 1929"--p. 58.
Revision of: The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-1255 / edited by William Woodville Rockhill. 1900 (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society : 2nd ser., no.4)

The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton Manuscript in modern spelling : with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's Navigations, voyages & discoveries / [John Mandeville ; edited by A.W. Pollard].
First ed. 1900.
Includes index and glossary.
Bibliographical note -- The travels of Sir John Mandeville -- The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini -- The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis -- The journal of Friar Odoric.

Local access color dig.pdf [Mandeville-Travels (1915).pdf]
Online at Hathi Trust.

Contents: Prefazione -- Sigle e Abbreviazioni -- Introduzione -- 1. L'Oriente Tartaro e i Viaggi Missionari -- 2. Le Letteredi Fra Giovanni di Montecorvino -- Conclusione -- Appendici -- Bibliografia -- Indice dei Nomi