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Abteilung der Kartographischen Bestände

Medieval maps of the Holy Land

Obrazy
Autor
P.D.A. Harvey
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2012

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Table of Contents

List of illustrations . . vi
Preface . . ix
Abbreviations . . xi
Conventions followed text . . xv

1 The historical background . . 1
2 The literary background . . 6
3 The cartographic background . . 10
4 Maps of the Holy Land . . 17
5 The Ashburnham Libri map, late 12th century . . 31
6 The Tournai maps, late 12th century . . 40
7 The Oxford map of Matthew Paris, mid-13th century . . 60
8 The Acre map of Matthew Paris, mid-13th century . . 74
9 The earliest large Burchard map, circa 1300 . . 94
10 The grid maps, 1320-1339 . . 107
11 The later large Burchard maps, 14th to early 15th century . . 128
12 The small Burchard map, mid-14th century . . 141
13 Conclusion . . 155

General index . . 157
Index of manuscripts . . 160

The world for a king : Pierre Desceliers' world map of 1550

Obrazy
Autor
Chet Van Duzer
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2015

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION . . 7
THE CARTOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND . . 7
DIEPPE AND THE NORMAN TRADITION OF CARTOGRAPHY . . 13
HENRY II AND HIS INTEREST IN MAPS AND GEOGRAPHY . . 26
PIERRE DESCELIERS AND HIS WORKS . . 30
THE MORGAN LIBRARY ATLAS . . 37
THE 1546 MAP . . 38
THE 1553 MAP . . 43
THE 155O MAP . . 47
THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT ON NORMAN MAPS . . 59
THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORMAN MAPS . . 72

FACSIMILE WITH COMMENTARIES . . 77

APPENDIX: THE 155O MAP'S LONG LEGENDS . . 162
NOTES . . 176
INDEX . . 189