"The mappae mundi exist in scores of manuscripts and much work needs to be done before secure generalizations may be based upon them", wrote the English historian Denys Hay in 1957. This book aims to contribute to this study by describing in detail the hundreds of diagrams and more elabora...

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1. Verfasser:	Gautier Dalché, Patrick 1949- (VerfasserIn, ZusammenstellendeR)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	French
Veröffentlicht:	Turnhout Brepols [2024]
Ausgabe:	2 Bände
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 700-1200 Mappa mundi Katalog
Zusammenfassung:	"The mappae mundi exist in scores of manuscripts and much work needs to be done before secure generalizations may be based upon them", wrote the English historian Denys Hay in 1957. This book aims to contribute to this study by describing in detail the hundreds of diagrams and more elaborate maps found in medieval (mainly Latin) manuscripts up to around 1200. Most documents have been examined directly, some having been described from microfilm or electronic reproductions. Each document, far from being considered in isolation, is described in terms of its materiality (how the drawings were made, reprints and corrections, etc.), its codicological context (place of the drawing in the economy of the codex, rubrication, etc.) and its intellectual context (illustrated texts, place of the drawing on the page and in the codex as a whole). Taking these data into account will enable specialists to define precisely the reasons that contributed to the creation of these drawings. Each entry is accompanied by a reproduction of the map in large format to allow for comparisons and more in-depth study, making this book an indispensable resource for all related research
Beschreibung:	2 Bände
ISBN:	9782503597249