A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Hardcover)

First full collection on the seven most significant English mappae mundi from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful objects in themselves, offer huge insights into how medieval scholars conceived the world and their place within it. They are a fusion of "real" geographical locations with fantastical, geographic, historical, legendary and theological material. Their production reached its height in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with such well-known examples as the Hereford map, the maps of Matthew Paris, and the Vercelli map. This volume provides a comprehensive Companion to the seven most significant English mappae mundi. It begins with a survey of the maps' materials, types, shapes, sources, contents, conventions,idiosyncrasies, commissioners and users, moving on to locate the maps' creation and use in the realms of medieval rhetoric, Victorine memory theory and clerical pedagogy. It also establishes the shared history of map and book making, and demonstrates how pre-and post-Conquest monastic libraries in Britain fostered and fed their complementary relationship. A chapter is then devoted to each individual map. An annotated bibliography of multilingual resourcescompletes the volume. DAN TERKLA is Emeritus Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University; NICK MILLEA is Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Contributors: Nathalie Bouloux, Michelle Brown. Daniel Connolly, Helen Davies, Gregory Heyworth, Alfred Hiatt, Marcia Kupfer, Nick Millea, Asa Simon Mittman, Dan Terkla, Chet Van Duzer.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Release date:	November 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Dan Terkla • Nick Millea
Contributors:	Alfred Hiatt • Asa Mittman (Author) • Chet Van Duzer (Contributor) • Daniel Connolly (Author) • Daniel Terkla (Customer) • Gregory Heyworth (Contributor) • Helen Davies (Contributor) • Marcia Kupfer (Contributor)
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	347
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-422-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	1-78327-422-0
Barcode:	9781783274222

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