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The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France: Maps and Figures

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Maps and Figures

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table of contents
  1. List of Maps and Figures
  2. Preface: Artifacts of Our Global Past
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  5. 1. The Origins of the Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  6. 2. Louis IX, the Mongols, and International Court Culture
  7. 3. Eurasian France: The Cumans, the Valois, and Marco Polo
  8. 4. The Mongol Archive and the Library of King Charles V
  9. 5. The Mongol Archive during the Reign of King Charles VI
  10. Conclusion: The Afterlives of the Mongol Archive
  11. Appendix A: France and the Mongols: Textual References, Diplomatic Contacts, and Select Objects, 1221–1422
  12. Appendix B: Objects and the Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

Maps and Figures

Maps

1. Map of Eurasia showing the four Mongol khanates and the Khwarazmian Empire

2. Map of Eurasia showing the Ottoman and Timurid Empires ca. 1400

Figures

1. Lion capital from the monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa

2. A knight of the d’Aluye family

3. A knight of the d’Aluye family, detail of sword hilt

4. Amphora with dragon-shaped handles

5. Cloth of gold with winged lions and griffins

6. Charles V reading, opening image of Denis Foulechat’s French translation of John of Salisbury’s Policraticus

7. The Louvre, illustration of October in the Très Riches Heures

8. Sheets 1–4 of the Catalan Atlas

9. Sheets 5–8 of the Catalan Atlas

10. Sheets 9–12 of the Catalan Atlas

11. Paris on the Catalan Atlas

12. “Catayo” (Cathay/the Yuan Empire) on the Catalan Atlas

13. Diaper ground with fleurs-de-lys on the Catalan Atlas

14. Shiraz on the Catalan Atlas

15. Northeastern Asia on the Catalan Atlas

16. Northeastern Asia on the Catalan Atlas rotated 180 degrees

17. Caravan on the Catalan Atlas

18. Tamerlane and his army attacking a city

19. Hayton explaining his crusade plan to Pope Clement V

20. Crusaders sailing to the Holy Land

21. The naked inhabitants of the isle of Lamory

22. The Great Khan and his entourage venerating an idol on the Great Khan’s birthday

23. Capture of the elder son and killing of another son of King Hayton I of Armenia by the sultan of Egypt

24. Hayton presenting his text to John the Fearless

25. Hayton presenting his text to Pope Clement V

26. Saltcellar, Paris, mid-thirteenth century

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