Mirabilia descripta: the wonders of the East
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Jordanus Catalani’s medieval travel account describes lands from Armenia and Persia toward India, recording sights and reports for Western Christian readers curious about the East. Near Ararat, he names a lake linked to the martyrdom of ten thousand Christians, then says he found little else in Armenia worth recounting. In his account of elephant capture, keepers use a trained female to coax a wild animal through a succession of gates, a practical detail beside more extravagant claims. Firsthand observation, Christian legend, and hearsay sit side by side, giving the account an uneven but revealing authority.
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