Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World: Vol 1 (British Library Studies in Map History) - Hardcover

Edson, Evelyn

 
9780712345354: Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World: Vol 1 (British Library Studies in Map History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0712345353 ISBN 13: 9780712345354
Verlag: The British Library Publishing Division, 1998

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Medieval world maps have been viewed in the past as quaint, amusing and simply wrong. This text studies these maps differently, showing that the medieval world view, as expressed in maps, was not only a matter of measuring space, but of placing the Earth in a philosophical and religious setting. A major component of this setting was the passage of time, and many medieval maps show a narrative of human spiritual development: creation, the giving of the law, the coming of Christ, and the Last Judgement. Viewing medieval maps, not as isolated pieces of parchment, but in the context of the manuscripts in which they appear (not necessarily geographies, but more often calendar manuscripts, scientific treatises and histories) reveals the roles played in medieval thought, and how, in turn, medieval thinking determined the form and content of maps.

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Medieval world maps have been viewed in the past as quaint, amusing and simply wrong. This text studies these maps differently, showing that the medieval world view, as expressed in maps, was not only a matter of measuring space, but of placing the Earth in a philosophical and religious setting. A major component of this setting was the passage of time, and many medieval maps show a narrative of human spiritual development: creation, the giving of the law, the coming of Christ, and the Last Judgement. Viewing medieval maps, not as isolated pieces of parchment, but in the context of the manuscripts in which they appear (not necessarily geographies, but more often calendar manuscripts, scientific treatises and histories) reveals the roles played in medieval thought, and how, in turn, medieval thinking determined the form and content of maps.

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Verlag
The British Library Publishing Division
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712345353
ISBN 13 
9780712345354
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Anzahl der Seiten
256
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