[recensione a] Martina Di Febo, In un mondo di carta e di pergamena. Il romanzo dei cavalieri in viaggio, Milano - Udine, Mimesis, 2025

This review discusses Martina Di Febo’s In un mondo di carta e di pergamena. Il romanzo dei cavalieri in viaggio, situating it within the author’s broader research on medieval marvels, travel writing, and the rhetoric of veridiction. The book explores the shifting boundaries between real and imaginary journeys, from otherworldly visions and Latin travel accounts to Marco Polo, Mandeville, and late medieval chivalric narratives. Particular attention is given to the figure of the traveling knight as narrator, witness, and guarantor of experience. The review highlights Di Febo’s contribution to the study of medieval romance and odeporics, showing how travel becomes a generative narrative device where encyclopedic knowledge, mirabilia, fiction, and claims to truth converge.