[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [Indian patriarchs and Prester John](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.prester-john) › Jacques de Vitry, History of the East # Jacques de Vitry, History of the East (Historia orientalis) History and description of the East; describes India, its marvels, the Christians of St Thomas subject to Prester John, and the Nestorians; his letter of 1221 transmits the Relatio de Davide. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 1219–1225 CE - **Author:** [Iacobus de Vitriaco](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jacques-de-vitry) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Contains - [Relatio de Davide rege](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.prester-john.relatio-de-davide) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.prester-john.jacques-de-vitry](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.prester-john.jacques-de-vitry) · Pramāṇa