The Hereford Mappa Mundi

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[The Hereford Mappa Mundi] Hanc quam videtis terrarum orbis tabulam

descripsit delineavitque Ricardus de Haldingham sive de Bello dictus. A.S. circa MCCC

SKU: 16346 Type:

HAVERGAL, Rev. F.T.
London,
Edward Stanford, Charing Cross,
1872.
Chromolithograph facsimile map, dissected and mounted on linen, some minor loss at folds.
1700 by 1430mm. (67 by 56.25 inches).
16346

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Rare one-to-one facsimile of the largest extant medieval mappa mundi.

Mappa Mundi

Medieval world maps (or mappae mundi) were not designed with geographical accuracy in mind, but to illustrate Judeo-Christian beliefs and Classical geographical concepts. They ranged from the purely diagrammatic climate zone maps based on the work of Macrobius; and the "T-O" maps designed to illustrate the three land masses (Europe, Asia, and Afica) of the world as it was...