Ystoria Mongalorum
John of Plano Carpini, History of the Mongols
A Mongol army defeated 'India Minor' (taken to be Ethiopia) and turned against the Christians of 'India Maior', whose king, Prester John, routed it with fire-spewing copper figures (ch. 5).
- Language
- Latin
- Date
- 1247 CE
- Author
- Iohannes de Plano Carpini
- Extent
- 8,100 words
- Text
- not yet digitised (catalogue entry)