Mappa Mundi: The Hereford World Map (British Library Studies in Medieval Culture) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Harvey, P. D. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802079458 ISBN 13: 9780802079459

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 1996

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'P.D.A. Harvey's book now provides a scholarly, and at the same time highly readable, analysis of the map, setting it in its intellectual and cartographic context.' -- Michael Prestwich Times Literary Supplement 'Harvey has studied the map and all that has been written about it to provide a life story unique in the world of cartography. Color illustrations, appendixes, and select bibliography render his book an artistic and valuable addition to the literature.' -- G.J. Martin Choice

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The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest and most elaborate world map surviving from before the fifteenth century. Made in the late thirteenth century at Lincoln by one Richard of Holdingham, it was then taken to Hereford, which has been its home ever since.There has been much speculation as to the identity of the author of the map, and the purposes for which it might have been made. More than just a map, it can be seen as an encyclopedia of distant lands, their peoples, myths, and natural history, all held together within a framework of Christian belief - the figure of Christ in judgment is placed in a prominent position at the top of the map. It presents an illuminating view of the world as it appeared to a cultured and well-read person in thirteenth-century England.In this book, P.D.A. Harvey provides an authoritative interpretation of the map, based on a fresh examination of its surface, and reveals evidence of how it was made, what it depicts, and what sources the author used. Many detailed photographs, specially commissioned for the purpose, together with illustrations of other related medieval maps, accompany the text.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0802079458
• ISBN 13: 9780802079459
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 58