The standard number of four rivers of paradise is a common tradition. The addition of the fifth river, the Ganges, is indicative of an alternate source of geographic information. The information found in the stories based on the life and conquests of Alexander the Great are a source of such information.
Alexandre de Bernay, aka Alexandre of Paris, is the apparent source of the summarized four part version of the story of Macedonian history, which he composed in French in the 12th century.
In the first half of the 1400s, (C-14 dates), the story of Alexander the Great emerges again. The stories of Alexander the Great are a part of the work of Jehan Wauquelin of Mons in Hainaut, (d. 1452). He was patronized by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
Would you look at that? Another connection to Burgundy just sitting there.
Alexandre de Bernay, aka Alexandre of Paris, is the apparent source of the summarized four part version of the story of Macedonian history, which he composed in French in the 12th century.
In the first half of the 1400s, (C-14 dates), the story of Alexander the Great emerges again. The stories of Alexander the Great are a part of the work of Jehan Wauquelin of Mons in Hainaut, (d. 1452). He was patronized by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
Would you look at that? Another connection to Burgundy just sitting there.