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The Vinland map and the Tartar relation, by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter for the Yale University Library. With a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor.

by Skelton, R. A. (Raleigh Ashlin), 1906-1970.

Yale University Press, 1965.

Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, d. 1252.

Mongols -- History -- Sources.

Alternate title:

Tartar relation.

xii, 291 p. : illus., facsims., maps (part fold.) ; 30 cm.

The manuscript map and text were copied about 1440 by an unknown scribe from lost earlier originals. The first is a world map, including the Western Ocean, with representations of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland; the second is an account, written in 1247 by an unidentified friar who called himself C. de Bridia, of Carpini's mission to the Mongols in 1245-47.

The manuscript: history and description, by T. E. Marston.--Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation.--The Tartar relation, editied, with introd., translation and commentary, by G. D. Painter.--The Vinland map, by R. A. Skelton.--The Tartar relation and the Vinland map: an interpretation, by G. D. Painter.--Bibliography (p. 263-269)

Marston, Thomas E.

Painter, George Duncan, 1914-

C. de Bridia, Brother, fl. 1247.

Yale University. Library.

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