Title:

Le Livre des merveilles (Version Insulaire)

Short title

Le Livre des merveilles (VI)

Title variations

Le livre de Jehan de Mandeville

Title in English

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (Insular Version); The Book of John Mandeville; Mandeville's Travels

Section

Chapter XV

Language

Middle French

Creation date

1351

Genre

Travel account

Content

Other

Content table

Formal Expression

Prose

Qur'an quotations

Yes

Original

No

Source

Pseudo William of Tripoli's De statu Sarracenorum

Use (macro-category)

Apologetic

Use (micro-category)

Apology of Christianity

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

The Book of Travels contains, in chapter 15, a long excursus on the law of the Saracens. It focuses on the similarities between Islam and Christianity, thus privileging the verses of the Qur'an that concern Muslim Christology and Mariology. The Insular Version represents the first version of the text, from which the Continental and Liege versions are derived

Entry author

Florence Ninitte