Chapter Four. Copying Maps By Matthew Paris: Itineraries Fit For A King

Connolly, Daniel

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“…Connolly thinks that Matthew's famous map of Great Britain was altered after his death to satisfy the greedy 'royal gaze' of Edward I, fixing his eyes on Scotland. 16…”

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The Medieval World View: Contemplating the Mappamundi

Edson

2010

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Looking at a medieval mappamundi (or world map) is a disorienting experience. Oriented to the east, displaying unfamiliar geographical forms and blanketed with images of strange animals and monstrous humans, it does not correspond to our modern concept of a world map. In the late 19th century scholars of the history of cartography dismissed medieval maps as a sign of ignorance. More recent studies have cast new light on these complex symbolic constructions, and scholars are searching for insights into medieval concepts of time and space, as well as clues to the ways in which knowledge of ancient geography was transmitted to the medieval intellectual world.

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“…Connolly thinks that Matthew's famous map of Great Britain was altered after his death to satisfy the greedy 'royal gaze' of Edward I, fixing his eyes on Scotland. 16…”

Section: New Views Of Old Mapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Medieval World View: Contemplating the Mappamundi

Edson

2010

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Winiety metropolii pentarchii na mapach średniowiecznych i wczesnonowożytnych

Kochanek

2014

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The idea of the pentarchy directly expressed by Justinian I (527-565) – Novella 131 – is also perceptible in cartography. This paper examines the 41 medieval and early modern world maps in the context of the vignettes of the pentarchy. From the above analysis shows that almost every map from this period had a vignette of Jerusalem and 37 maps have a vignette of Rome. But only 28 maps have a vignette of Alexandria, 24 maps have a vignette of Constantinople, and 20 maps have a vignette of Antiochia. In the case of Jerusalem, a huge majority of vignettes is a sacred buildings (most often it is the Tomb of Christ). Only in three cases is a Holy Cross. In contrast, Rome’s vignettes represent both religious buildings and fortifications. As for the drawings on the vignettes of Antiochia, Alexandria, and Constantinople, the vast majority of them are character of fortifications. These vignettes are, on the one hand, a close relationship with the history of these cities, on the other hand, they are associated with the medieval and early modern politic ideology and theology. This paper is trying to capture and analyze these complicated, religious, political, and theological relationships, and explaining the meaning of these vignettes.

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Chapter Four. Copying Maps By Matthew Paris: Itineraries Fit For A King

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The Medieval World View: Contemplating the Mappamundi

The Medieval World View: Contemplating the Mappamundi

Winiety metropolii pentarchii na mapach średniowiecznych i wczesnonowożytnych

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