Patrick Gautier Dalch?
Ashgate
Hardback
334
1998
These studies aim to portray the geography and cartography of the early Middle Ages (with some reference forward to the 13th-14th centuries) from the viewpoint of cultural history the medieval compilations are seen as witnesses to the reception of late antique learning. The author would single out two phases in this history. First starting with the 8th century there was a scholarly effort to codify and to rework the image of the world to suit new political contexts. The mappae mundi then popular served also for contemplation in monastic settings. Next with the 12th century the geography of the orbis terrarum was elaborated on the one hand with the development of the map as a vehicle for information on the other by the incorporation of new - and exotic - content.
Ashgate
Hardback
334
1998
These studies aim to portray the geography and cartography of the early Middle Ages (with some reference forward to the 13th-14th centuries) from the viewpoint of cultural history the medieval compilations are seen as witnesses to the reception of late antique learning. The author would single out two phases in this history. First starting with the 8th century there was a scholarly effort to codify and to rework the image of the world to suit new political contexts. The mappae mundi then popular served also for contemplation in monastic settings. Next with the 12th century the geography of the orbis terrarum was elaborated on the one hand with the development of the map as a vehicle for information on the other by the incorporation of new - and exotic - content.