Harley,
J.B. (1932-1991)/Woodward, David (1942-)-The history of cartography vol.1;
cartography in prehistoric, ancient, and medieavl Europe and the Mediterranean
(1987) [University of Chicago press; Chicago/London; p.599]
THE
PEUTINGER MAP: ROME. The Peutinger map, dated to the twelfth or early
thirteenth Century, derives ultimately from a fourth-century archetype,
suggested by vignettes such äs that of Rome in this segment, in which
the city is personified äs an enthroned goddess Holding a globe,
a spear, and a shield. Size of the original: 33 x 59.3 cm. [plate 5]
THE
NOT/T/A DIGNITATUM: BRITAIN. Five provinces are arranged incorrectiy in
this sixteenth-century Py» at severa] removes, of a fourth-century
original. For example, Maxima Caesariensis, which had London äs its
capital, is placed not in the southeast but to the northeast near Lincoln.
Size of the original: 31 x 24 cm. [plate 6]
AN
ITALIAN CHART IN THE CATALAN STYLE. Made in 1482 by Grazioso Benincasa,
(...) The repeated coats of arms beneath a cardinal's hat are those of
Raffaello Riario, for whom the chart was made. n Size of the original:
71 x 127.5 cm. [plate 27]
ITINERARY
MAP BY MATTHEW PARIS. This shows two sections of a mid-thirteenth-century
itinerary of the route to the Holy Land. The verso depicts Bar-sur-Seine
(bottom right) to Troyes (top left); the recto is Tour de Pin (top left)
to Chambery (bottom right). Staging points are depicted, sometimes realistically,
by thumbnail sketches set on vertical lines. Intermediate distances are
marked with the journey time in days. p Size of each original: 34.8 x
25.2 cm. [plate 38]
COSMOLOGICAL
MAP ON A PREDYNASTIC BOWL FROM EGYPT. The course of the sun from east
to west is shown, along with the enclosing primeval ocean and the mountains
of the East and the West. The bowl dates from the Amratian period, mid-fourth
millennium B.C.. [p.89]
THE
BABYLONIAN WORLD MAP, CA. 600 B.C. This map shows the relationship between
the legendary regions beyond the ocean and the Babylonian worid. The parallel
lines running to and from Babylon (the elongated rectangle) represent
the Euphrates, while the circular band represents the salt sea. Largest
dimensions of the original: 12.5 x 8 cm. [p.114]
COSMOGRAPHICAL
MAP: THE LAND OF EGYPT WITH THE GODDESS NUT. South is at the top inthis
cosmographic representation found on the cover of a stone sarcophagus
from Saqqara. It dates from the Thirtieth Dynasty, ca. 350 B.C. Diameter
of the interior circle: 72 cm. [p.120]
RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES FROM HOMER'S ILIAD. After Malcolm M. Willcock,
A Companion to the lliad (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976),
210. [p.131]
DETAIL
OF THE FARNESE ATLAS. The globe is „.obably an imitation of Eudoxus's
globe and could have been used äs an Illustration of Aratus's poem.
Diameter of the globe: ca. 64 cm. [p.143]
THE
BRONZE LIVER OF PIACENZA. A religious relic of the third Century B.C.,
this representation of a sheep's ver has a maplike image on part of its
surface. This artifact .n be most easily explained äs a form of cosmological
map. Size of the original: 7.6 x 12.6 cm. (side view) [p.203-204]
THE
BETH-ALPHA MOSAIC. An example of a tradition of Byzantine mosaics depicting
the Zodiac and seasons with Hebrew inscriptions. [p.267]
THE
EBSTORF MAP. This thirteenth-century mappamundi (destroyed in Worid War
II) represents the world äs the body of Christ. Christ's head is
situated next to Paradise the feet in the west, and the hands gathering
in the north and south. Jerusalem, the navel of the worid, is at the center.
Size of the original: 3.56 x 3.58 m. [p.310]
THE
TWELFTH-CENTURY WORLD MAP OF HENRY OF MAINZ. Representing a class of mappaemundi
which did not place Jerusalem at the center, this map is thought to have
influenced later maps of the same type. Derived from ancient Greek tradition,
the center is the Cyclades, the Islands circling the sacred isle of Delos,
shown in this detail. Size of the original detail: ca. 8 X 11 cm. [p.341]
tA
CHART IN AN INTERMEDIATE STYLE. Drawn by the Majorcan Gabriel de Valseca
in 1447, this style is midway between the two extremes of Catalan flamboyance
and Italian austerity. Flags, town vignettes, and wind disks are typically
Catalan, the lack of inland detail typically Italian. Size of the original:
59 x 94 cm. [p.394]
COMPOSITE
PETROGLYPH MAP FROM BEDOLINA, VALCAMONICA. (North Italy) The earlier figures
and later additions have been removed to reveal a complex topographical
map. Size of the original: 2.30 x 4.16 m. [p.79]