The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Plano Carpini
Also known as Friar Plano Carpini, Plan. Carp.
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 6
Plano Carpini arrives through the authority of a traveler who looked east and returned with accounts of distant peoples. The modest outline of a Franciscan friar gives way to a larger impression: a witness reaching toward the edges of the known world.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 6
- Books
- 1
The Italian Franciscan friar Plano Carpini is remembered as a traveler and chronicler of the Mongols, and as a source who described Cathay and its people at the Great Kaan’s court in 1246. His name also appears in connection with Kashmir. The text presents him through these reports rather than through personal relationships or a developed life story.
Description
The text identifies Plano Carpini as an Italian Franciscan friar but supplies no physical portrait. His height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, and facial features are unspecified. A Franciscan habit is the only grounded visual cue; no particular cut, color, or accessories are described.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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