The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
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1media/bocaccio.jpeg2023-11-22T15:03:30-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52814image_header2023-11-24T10:54:45-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fGiovanni Boccaccio includes a small Prester John detail in the ninth novel of the eighth day in which Prester John's queen is, according to the anonymous 1620 English translation, described, equipped with "a horne in the midst of her posteriores, albeit not visible to euery eye" (cf. Brewer, p. 282).