[Sir John Mandeville's travels].Mandeville, John, Sir[ca. 1440]enmManuscript on parchment of a Middle English text of the Book of Sir John Mandeville, probably related to the "Defective Version." Biblical quotations in Middle English on f63v-f64vSir John Mandeville is the suppositious author of the "travel" book known as the Book of Sir John Mandeville, or Mandeville's Travels. Written in the 14th century in Anglo-Norman French, it was widely popular and thought to be an accurate account of a knight's journey through Europe, the Middle East and Asia.In Middle English.Title supplied by cataloger.Annotation, in a later hand, on f1r: Sir John Mandevile's Travails.Script: cursive anglicana hand in brown ink; 32 lines per page.Side notes and notation marks in various hands, 15th-17th century.Opening illuminated initial with ivy-leaf sprays into margins and 17 blue initials with extensive red penwork flourishing. Three contemporary or near-contemporary marginal drawings, one with color wash, of manicula.Binding: 18th-century full mottled calf, gilt. Spine label reads: Mandevil's travails.