Main entry:

Edson, Evelyn, author.

Title & Author:

Mapping time and space : how medieval mapmakers viewed their world / Evelyn Edson.

Publication:

London : British Library, 1997.

Description:

xii, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Series:

The British Library studies in map history ; v. 1

Notes:
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.
TXA
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction to medieval maps -- Illustrated histories -- The nature of things -- Space and time in the Computus manuscript -- Maps in three Computus manuscripts -- Maps in medieval histories -- Histories without maps, maps as histories -- Spiritual maps -- Conclusion.

Summary:

Until recently, medieval maps were often looked upon as quaint, amusing, and quite simply wrong. By comparison the best examples of modern cartography appear to offer a much more accurate record of the world. However, as Professor Edson makes clear in this stimulating book, when seeking the meaning and purpose of maps in the Middle Ages, one cannot assume that they were used for the same purposes or had the same meaning as they do today. In fact, the differences in structure and content give us an intriguing insight into how medieval mapmakers and readers saw their world. By a close study of the context in which the mapmakers produced their work, it can be shown that they were often striving to present -- and make sense of -- a world picture that naturally incorporated key 'events' from the past, at the same time showing a narrative of human spiritual development from the Creation to the Last Judgment. -- From publisher's description.

ISBN:

0712345353
9780712345354
9780712345361 (paperback)
0712345361 (paperback)

Subject:

Early maps History.
Cartography History.
Geography, Medieval.
Space and time Maps.
Geography, Medieval Maps.
Cartographie Histoire.
Géographie médiévale.
Géographie médiévale Cartes.
Cartes anciennes Histoire.
Cartography
Kartografie
Weltbild
Kartograf
Cartografie.
Wereldbeeld.
Cartografen.
Geschichte 500-1500.
World. History of cartography. [literature] 1997.

Form/genre:

facsimiles (reproductions)
History
Early maps.
Facsimiles.
Cartes anciennes.
Fac-similés.

Added entries:

British Library.
British Library studies in map history ; v. 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196678
Call No.: ID GA221.E37; ID:98-B1429
Status: Available