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Synopsis: The Hereford Map, a depiction of the inhabited world drawn around 1300, is among the largest surviving examples of medieval mappamundi. It measures 1.59 meters by ca. 1.30 meters (52 1/2 inches by c. 52 inches). On it appear some 1,091 inscriptions, or legends; most of these are placed adjacent to a painted figure of what they identify. They range from simple place-names to long descriptions containing historical, ethnographical, theological and zoological information. The book's introduction offers essential background on the Map's history, sources, and scholarship. Particularly important is an explanation of its close relationship to a text recently discovered - Expositio mappe mundi - a work most composed a century before the Map was made. Right-facing pages contain, for each legend: (1) an exact line-for-line transcription, (2) an edited version of this transcription, and (3) an English translation. Left-facing pages offer commentary on each legend, giving information about its literary and cartographical source, the item it identifies, and textual problems. Included in the book is a colour illustration of the entire Map (approximately 40% of its actual size), as well as detail photographs, taken in January 2001 under special conditions, enabling readers to see each legend precisely, as well as to locate all transcribed and translated text. Because of its thorough examination of all aspects of the Map, this book is a tribute to the richest, most complicated surviving example of medieval cartography, as well as an essential tool about medieval culture.
Title: The Hereford Map: Transcription and ...
Publisher: Brepols Pub
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy is in very good condition without dust jacket. A little rubbing to the spine and a few light marks present to the top edge of the text block. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Seller Inventory # 2401054
Book Description Gebundene Ausgabe, Condition: Gut. Auflage: 01. 476 Seiten, mit einer Faltkarte (farbige Abbildung der Hereford Karte), Kapitale leicht bestoßen, sonst in sehr gutem Zustand, Aus dem Klappentext "The books introduction offers essential background on the Maps history, sources, and scholarship. Right facing pages contain, for each legend: (1) an exact line for line transcription, with variation in type to signal abbreviations and rubrications, (2) an edited version of this transcription and (3) an English translation. LEft-facing pages offer commentary on each legend, giving information about its literary or carographical source the item it identifies, any adjacent designs, and textual problems. Inluded in the book is a recent color illustration of the entire Map as well as detail photographs enabling readers to see each legend percisely, as well as to locate all transcribedand translated text. Becaus of its thorough examination of all aspects of the Map, this book contains for the first time exact, reliable trascriptions for all the legends. It is a tribute to the richest, most complicated surviving example of medieval cartography, as well as an essential tool for understanding medieval culture". GE-4666 9782503510569 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2102. Seller Inventory # 51047
Book Description hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-2503510566-4