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The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England
A mappa mundi (Latin [ˈmappaˈmʊndiː]; plural = mappae mundi; French: mappemonde; Middle English: mappemond) is any medieval European map of the world. Such maps range in size and complexity from simple schematic maps 25 millimetres (1 inch) or less across to elaborate wall maps, the largest of which to survive to modern times, the Ebstorf map, was around 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) in diameter. The term derives from the Medieval Latin words mappa (cloth or chart) and mundus (world).
Around 1,100 mappae mundi are known to have survived from the Middle Ages. Of these, some 900 are found illustrating manuscript books and the remainder exist as stand-alone documents.[1]
A mappamundi (Latin [ˈmappa ˈmʊndiː]; plural = mappae mundi; French: mappemonde; Middle English: mappemond) is any medieval European map of the world...
The Hereford MappaMundi (Latin: mappamundi) is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than...
some photographs and colour copies remain. The Hereford MappaMundi is a detailed mappamundi based on the T and O map style, dating to c. 1300. The map...
The Psalter World Map or the Map Psalter is a small mappamundi from the 13th century, now in the British Library, found in a psalter. No other records...
Japanese animation studio Mappa Hall, a historic home in Oneida County, New York, owned by Adam Gerard Mappa a Dutch patriot Mappamundi, Medieval European maps...
library of chained books in the world, its most famous treasure being the MappaMundi, a medieval map of the world created around 1300 by Richard of Holdingham...
especially in the later medieval period, for example, on the Hereford MappaMundi. Associations between Jews and devils were established, and a belief...
formerly known as the 'Henry of Mainz' map, is the earliest surviving mappamundi (world map) made in England. It was made between about 1180 and the early...
The word "map" comes from the medieval Latin: Mappamundi, wherein mappa meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and mundi 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened...
vivid colours with a painted scene of the Virgin and Child holding the MappaMundi. A reliquary containing his skull has been held at Downside Abbey in...
in Sintra. Designed by the architect Cristino da Silva, it includes a Mappamundi that is 14 metres wide, showing the routes of Portuguese carracks and...
form along the lines of the much earlier Babylonian World Map. Known as MappaMundi (cloths or charts of the world) these maps were circular or symmetrical...
people were also illustrated and described on medieval maps. The Hereford MappaMundi (ca. 1300) places the "Blemee" in Ethiopia (upper Nile system), deriving...
The Ebstorf Map was an example of a mappamundi (a Medieval European map of the world). It was made by Gervase of Ebstorf, who was possibly the same man...
elements) and a small geographical mappamundi (a term used for medieval European map of the world). This mappamundi is of particular interest to contemporary...
International Map of the World List of map projections List of world map changes Mappamundi Maps of the world Rhumbline network Theorema Egregium Time zone Large-Scale...
Armstrong took the lead role at short notice in Shelagh Stephenson's play MappaMundi in 2002, replacing Ian Holm who withdrew due to illness. In 2006, he...
from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Mappa and chained library were transferred to the MappaMundi Charitable Trust and a new building designed...
gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs, Place elephants for want of towns". Mappamundi – Medieval European maps of the world Terra incognita – "Unknown land"...
Vesconte brought his experience as a maker of portolans to bear on the mappamundi (circular world map) he produced, which introduced a previously unheard...
The Vinland Map was claimed to be a 15th-century mappamundi with unique information about Norse exploration of North America but is now known to be a...
Wales national team. Hereford Cathedral dates from 1079 and contains the MappaMundi, a medieval map of the world dating from the 13th century which was restored...
particulars of northern and eastern Europe. Medieval maps such as the Hereford MappaMundi still assumed that Scandinavia was an island. Progress was made in the...
Sienese School Mudéjar Medieval cartography Italian school Majorcan school Mappamundi Renaissance Italian Renaissance Trecento Proto-Renaissance Florentine...
Sienese School Mudéjar Medieval cartography Italian school Majorcan school Mappamundi Renaissance Italian Renaissance Trecento Proto-Renaissance Florentine...
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