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- catalog abstract ""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 encyclopaedia 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 he reveals evidence of how it was made, what it depicts and what sources the author used. Many detailed photographs, specially commissioned for the purposed, together with illustrations of other related medieval maps, accompany the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Hereford world map".
- catalog contributor b10625830.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""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 encyclopaedia 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 he reveals evidence of how it was made, what it depicts and what sources the author used. Many detailed photographs, specially commissioned for the purposed, together with illustrations of other related medieval maps, accompany the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Map and Its History -- The map described -- The making of the map -- The map's subsequent history -- 2. The Map and Its Relatives -- Medieval and Roman world maps -- The English family of world maps -- 3. The Map and Its Sources -- The Bible and early church history -- Geographical writers -- Itineraries. Appendix 1: Inscriptions outside the frame of the map -- Appendix 2: Reproductions of the map.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 57) and index.".
- catalog extent "58 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802009859 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0802079458 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog subject "912 21".
- catalog subject "Cartography History.".
- catalog subject "Early maps.".
- catalog subject "GA304.R5 H37 1996".
- catalog subject "Geography, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Ricardus, de Bello, active 1276-1312.".
- catalog subject "World maps, Manuscript.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Map and Its History -- The map described -- The making of the map -- The map's subsequent history -- 2. The Map and Its Relatives -- Medieval and Roman world maps -- The English family of world maps -- 3. The Map and Its Sources -- The Bible and early church history -- Geographical writers -- Itineraries. Appendix 1: Inscriptions outside the frame of the map -- Appendix 2: Reproductions of the map.".
- catalog title "Hereford world map".
- catalog title "Mappa mundi : the Hereford world map / P.D.A. Harvey.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".