Arnold von Harff

Arnold von Harff (1471 in Castell Harff, Bedburg – January 1505) was a German traveler from the 15th century, from Köln. Von Harff went on pilgrimage to many countries, collecting both languages and cultural information. He wrote about several languages during his travels (1496-1499) : Breton, Croatian language, Turkish, Basque language), Hebrew language, Arabic, Albanian language, Hungarian language, Syriac language, Amharic language, and Armenian language.