SIGNED by the author. Near Very Good, internally clean, solid hard cover First Printing in a complete Near Very Good dust jacket. There is foxing to the endpapers and foxing to the back side of the dust jacket; the jacket has some very light stains. Light wear only.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World. (Volume 1 in the series British Library Studies in Map History)

Publisher

The British Library, (London,1997)

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0712345353

ISBN 13

9780712345354

Binding

Cloth

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Medieval world maps have been viewed in the past as quaint, amusing and simply wrong. This text studies these maps differently, showing that the medieval world view, as expressed in maps, was not only a matter of measuring space, but of placing the Earth in a philosophical and religious setting. A major component of this setting was the passage of time, and many medieval maps show a narrative of human spiritual development: creation, the giving of the law, the coming of Christ, and the Last Judgement.

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'A well researched and erudite yet readable and witty analysis of maps and mapmaking from the years A.D. 500 to 1500.'

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