250px, Page of Arnold von Harff's book, with the Breton-low German vocabulary with a drawing of the way Nantes people were dressed Arnold von Harff (1471 in Castell Harff, Bedburg – January 1505) was a 15th-century German

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to many countries, collecting both languages and cultural information. He wrote about a number of languages during his travels (1496-1499): Breton, Turkish,

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References

* , ''Le breton d'Arnold von Harff'', H. Champion, 1911 * Malcolm Henry Ikin Letts, Eberhard von Groote, ''The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff, knight: from Cologne through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France, and Spain, which he accomplished in the years 1496 to 1499'', Hakluyt Society, 1946 * "Le breton d'Arnold Von Harff", ''Celticum'', Nnn 22, 1975 * "Aux origines du breton: Le glossaire vannetais du Chevalier Arnold von Harff, voyageur allemand du XVème siècle", ''Ogam-Celticum'', 1984, 26, Christian-J. Guyonvarc'h *
La ville chez Arnold Von Harff
, by Annie Faugère in ''La Ville: du réel à l'imaginaire : actes du colloque de Rouen, 8-10 novembre 1988, volume 162 of Publications de l'Université de Rouen, {{DEFAULTSORT:Harff, Arnold von Breton language Holy Land travellers German travel writers German male non-fiction writers 1471 births 1505 deaths