Aleya Khattab Das Ägyptenbild in den deutschsprachigen Reisebeschreibungen der Zeit von 1285-1500. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1982. Europäische Hochschulschriften: Reihe 1, Deutsche Sprache und Literatur, Bd 517. 3820462635 349 pages. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.5", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. On the image of Egypt in the travel accounts of medieval Germany. This work records sources in a chronological catalogue, analyzes interdependency among the authors, represents the development of account techniques. This study also provides an in-depth examination of the samples of Arabic provided in these accounts and discusses questions of genre as they relate to this travel literature.