Faint Oriental Traces of a Western Legend: ‘John the Christian King’ in Bar Ebroyo’s ChroniclesStudi e materiali di storia delle religioniSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WXSQ4JX9/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Pier GiorgioBorboneFaint Oriental Traces of a Western Legend: ‘John the Christian King’ in Bar Ebroyo’s Chronicleshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WXSQ4JX9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WXSQ4JX9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WXSQ4JX9Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni89:1202386-96The only oriental source considered as related to the Western legend of ‘Priester John’ is the mention of a ‘Christian king John’, identified by the Syrian chronicler Bar ʿEbroyo (1225-1286) with “Onk Khan”, the ruler of the Kereyids. The article suggests that the identification was inserted by Bar ʿEbroyo in his Syriac and Arabic chronicles based on information from European residents at the Ilkhanid court, pointing out significant similarities with William of Rubruck’s report on “Rex Iohannes” and “Unc chan”.
Borbone, Pier Giorgio. “Faint Oriental Traces of a Western Legend: ‘John the Christian King’ in Bar Ebroyo’s Chronicles.” Studi e Materiali Di Storia Delle Religioni 89:1 (2023): 86–96.
Pier Giorgio Borbone, Faint Oriental Traces of a Western Legend: ‘John the Christian King’ in Bar Ebroyo’s Chronicles,Studi e Materiali Di Storia Delle Religioni 89:1 (2023): 86–96.