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Mappa mundi : the Hereford world map

Material Type Books
Publisher London : Folio Society
Year c2010
Language Latin,French
Size 1 map : col., mounted on canvas ; 143 x 123 cm. in box, 129 x 14 x 14 cm. + 2 books

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4F mutual study room [Commentary] 290.38/M/[3] / FA-01 111300672


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Media type 地図資料
Contents Introduction. The Hereford world map, introduction / P.D.A. Harvey
Commentary. The Hereford world map : a transcription and translation of the legends with commentary / Scott D. Westrem
Notes Not drawn to scale
Full-color facsimile of map produced ca. 1300, and preserved at Hereford Cathedral, England
Most of the map's inscriptions are in Latin; five legends are in Anglo-Norman French
Title from box
"Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce"--Slip of paper affixed to map
Map mounted on canvas backing, and supported by 2 battens cut from Herefordshire oak, with a brass D-ring for hanging
Accompanied by: introduction (108 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.); commentary (lvii, 476 p., [15] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 28 cm.)
Bibliography: introduction, p. 93-95; commentary, p. [xlix]-lvii
Introduction and commentary include index
Authors  Harvey, Paul Dean Adshead
 Westrem, Scott D.
Subjects LCSH:World maps, Manuscript -- Facsimiles  All Subject Search
LCSH:Early maps -- Facsimiles  All Subject Search
LCSH:Geography, Medieval
LCSH:Cartography -- England -- History -- To 1500  All Subject Search
LCSH:Hereford Cathedral
ID 1000000641
NCID BB02773074