Obraz Egiptu w Peregrynacyi Arabskiej… Berharda von Breydenbacha i Peregrynacyi … Mikołaja Krzysztofa Radziwiłła „Sierotki” w przekładach Andrzeja Wargockiego – analiza porównawcza
The Image of Egypt According to the Arabian Peregrination of Bernhard von Breydenbach and Peregrination … by Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł “Sierotka” in Translations by Andrzej Wargocki — a Comparative Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The article shows similarities and differences in the picture of Arabian world in Egypt. It was sketched in two relations from journeys including Egypt. They are connected by the person of translator, Andrzej Wargocki, who translated them from Latin into Polish. Here is to mention the Arabian Peregrination of Bernhard von Breydenbach (1440–1497) and Peregrination or Pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł “Sierotka” (1549–1616). Their literary shape was influenced by travel route, length of stay in Egypt, material status of a pilgrim, mean of transport, political and religious circumstances, writings read before expedition, testimonies of encountered people. In the article is characterized: the word of nature (fauna and flora), image of the route, fortifications and infrastructure of cities, pyramids, customs of inhabitants, traffic, religious issues and human trafficking.

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