"Described Mirabilia, medieval chronicle of India by Iordanus Catalanus" a talk by Jordi Joan Baños at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > 6:30pm on 22nd April 2015


Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 22-04-2015 18:30:00 22-04-2015 20:00:00 68 "Described Mirabilia, medieval chronicle of India by Iordanus Catalanus" a talk by Jordi Joan Baños Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/04/described-mirabilia-medieval-chronicle.html Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

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Event Description : "Described Mirabilia, medieval chronicle of India by Iordanus Catalanus" a talk by Jordi Joan Baños.

Synopsis: In world literature the Book of Wonders by Marco Polo, occupies a prominent place for putting before the eyes of contemporary European readers a set of facts, people, countries and totally unfamiliar customs, which could only be categorized as "wonders". Thanks to this narrative, the West could imagine what the East was. A few years later, around 1328, the friar Jordanus Catalanus returned from a mission in India and described the route followed and all he saw in those distant lands. The story is impregnated in news and exoticism: gigantic trees, sweetest fruits, ancient pagan rituals, 'some land on which the manna falls in large numbers "talking birds that seems rational men', 'some islands only for women and some islands only for men'...

In Spanish with simultaneous English translation. 

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"Described Mirabilia, medieval chronicle of India by Iordanus Catalanus" a talk by Jordi Joan Baños at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > 6:30pm on 22nd April 2015 "Described Mirabilia, medieval chronicle of India by Iordanus Catalanus" a talk by Jordi Joan Baños at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > 6:30pm on 22nd April 2015 Reviewed by DelhiEvents on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Rating: 5

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