The subject of this article is the tradition of world maps that illustrate Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio in manuscripts produced before 1100. Examination of the maps in manuscript context reveals that the primary purpose of the image was to illustrate the direction of ocean flows, the formation of seas, and the relationship of the known world to unknown but hypothesized regions. The image was not static: it was adapted in several different ways - at times simplified, at others made more complex. The evidence of pre-twelfth-century manuscripts suggests that it is possible to identify sub-groups within the corpus of Macrobius maps, but that it may not be possible to establish lines of descent from the original fifth-century map
...MoreDescription “The subject of this article is the tradition of world maps that illustrate Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio.” (from the abstract)
Chapter
Kaplony, Andreas;
(2008)
Ist Europa eine Insel? Europa auf der rechteckigen Weltkarte des arabischen “Book of Curiosities” (Kitāb Ġarā'ib al-funūn)
(/isis/citation/CBB001020367/)
Article
Sezgin, Fuat;
(2001)
Al-Uṣūl al-`arabīya li-l-ḥarāiṭ al-ūrubbīya bain al-qarn aṯ-ṯāliṯ `ašar wa-ṯ-ṯāmin `ašar li-l-mīlād
(/isis/citation/CBB000471437/)
Book
Lilley, Keith D.;
(2013)
Mapping Medieval Geographies: Geographical Encounters in the Latin West and beyond, 300--1600
(/isis/citation/CBB001551615/)
Article
Salway, Benet;
(2005)
The Nature and Genesis of the Peutinger Map
(/isis/citation/CBB000651793/)
Book
Wintle, Michael J.;
(2009)
The Image of Europe: Visualizing Europe in Cartography and Iconography
(/isis/citation/CBB001230997/)
Book
Andreas Rutz;
(2018)
Die Beschreibung des Raums. Territoriale Grenzziehungen im Heiligen Römischen Reich
(/isis/citation/CBB629816855/)
Book
Giorgos Tolias;
(2014)
Cyprus at the Crossroads: Geographical Perceptions and Representations from the Fifteenth Century
(/isis/citation/CBB462146812/)
Article
Hughes, Paul;
(2012)
Roger of Howden's Sailing Directions for the English Coast
(/isis/citation/CBB001213109/)
Article
Patrick Gautier Dalché;
(2016)
La connaissance des régions septentrionales de l’Europe à l’époque carolingienne: un changement de point de vue
(/isis/citation/CBB799053266/)
Article
Nathalie Bouloux;
(2021)
L’Asie sur les diagrammes et les mappemondes détaillées (avant 1200)
(/isis/citation/CBB706438127/)
Book
Chekin, Leonid S.;
(2006)
Northern Eurasia in Medieval Cartography: Inventory, Texts, Translation, and Commentary
(/isis/citation/CBB000701196/)
Chapter
Silvi, Christine;
(2005)
Les variations sur le nom dans la Mappemonde de Maître Gossuin de Metz
(/isis/citation/CBB000770223/)
Book
Dalché, Patrick Gautier;
(2009)
La Géographie de Ptolémée en Occident (IVe-XVIe siècle)
(/isis/citation/CBB000960280/)
Book
Edson, Evelyn;
(2007)
The World Map, 1300--1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation
(/isis/citation/CBB000831304/)
Article
Patrick Gautier Dalché;
(2021)
Les cartes des manuscrits de Salluste
(/isis/citation/CBB443557295/)
Book
Hoogvliet, Margriet;
(2007)
Pictura et scriptura: Textes, images, et herméneutique des Mappae mundi (XIIIe--XVIe siècle)
(/isis/citation/CBB000953190/)
Book
Nikolaus Andreas Egel;
(2014)
Die Welt im Übergang: Der Diskursive, Subjektive und Skeptische Charakter der "Mappamondo" des Fra Mauro
(/isis/citation/CBB035657742/)
Book
Chekin, L. S.;
(2006)
Northern Eurasia in Medieval Cartography: Inventory, Texts, Translation, and Commentary
(/isis/citation/CBB000771484/)
Book
Bazzaz, Sahar;
Batsaki, Yota;
Angelov, Dimiter;
(2013)
Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space
(/isis/citation/CBB001253041/)
Article
Albu, Emily;
(2005)
Imperial Geography and the Medieval Peutinger Map
(/isis/citation/CBB000651794/)
Be the first to comment!