Middle Ages for Educators Medieval Maps and Mapping

Middle Ages for Educators Medieval Maps and Mapping Tobias Hrynick Dr. Helen Davies Dr. John Wyatt Greenlee

Learning Outcomes By the end of this unit, viewers will be able to: 1. Describe several basic types of medieval maps 1. Access resources for learning more about medieval maps and mapping

Mappae Mundi and T-O Maps

T and O Map 15 th Century Wikimedia Commons Print, Isidore Etymologiae

The Hereford Map 13 th Century Wikimedia commons

The Ebstorf Map 13 th Century Wikimedia commons

Cotton Map 11 th Century Wikimedia commons British Library Cotton MS Tiberius BV

al-Idrisi Map 12 th Century Library of Congress http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. gm d/g 3200. ct 001903

Macrobius Zonal Maps

12 th Century Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, ms. NKS 218 4°, fol. 34 r

Macrobius map and Mappamundi 1503 Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection

Macrobius zonal map with geography noted 12 th Century Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, ms. NKS 218 4°

Abbo of Fleury’s map of the world 10 th Century Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. Phill. 1833, fol. 39 v.

Portolan Charts

Mediterranean Portolan Chart 14 th Century Library of Congress G 5672. M 4 P 5 13 --. P 6

Mediterranean Portolan Chart 16 th Century Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE C 5084

Catalan Atlas 14 th Century Wikipedia Commons https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Eur ope_Mediterranean_Catalan_Atlas. jpeg

Other Kinds of Medieval Maps

Fordham Center for Medieval Studies Oxford Outremer Map Project https: //medievaldigital. ace. fordham. edu/mapping-projects/oxfordoutremer-map-project/

Chertsey Abbey, Surrey 15 th Century British National Archives E 164/25

Upsala map of Jerusalem 13 th Century Uppsala University Library, MS C 691, fol 39

Plan of the Jerusalem of Revelations from Gloss of Nicholas of Lyra New York, Fordham University, Walsh Library, Archives and Special Collections, MS Item 23 Image Courtesy of Fordham University Library, Bronx NY

Further Resources

Medieval Maps and Mapping Resources Site https: //historiacartarum. org/medieval-maps-and-mapping-resources/ Mapping Mandeville Project https: //historiacartarum. org/john-mandeville-and-the-hereford-map-2/ Matthew Paris’s Clickable Map of England https: //historiacartarum. org/annotated-claudius-map/ Fordham Center for Medieval Studies Oxford Outremer Project https: //medievaldigital. ace. fordham. edu/mapping-projects/oxford-outremer-mapproject/

Gough Map Project http: //www. goughmap. org/ Digita Mappa https: //www. digitalmappa. org/ Pelagios https: //pelagios. org/ Recogito https: //recogito. pelagios. org/