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Pictura et scriptura. Textes, images et herméneutique des mappae mundi (XIIIe-XVIe siècles)
| Edizione: | Brepols Publishers, 2007 | | Collana: | Terrarum Orbis |
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This study aims to show, while making
use of several new approaches, that medieval ideas survived in the
cartography of the sixteenth century.
The analysis is not only based on the
mediaeval genre of the mappae mundi, but also on
descriptive geographical texts. Since many descriptiones orbis can be
considered as world maps in written form, it is important to take
into account their meaning within the textual context where they
appear, and to estimate the correspondences and the divergences
that can be noticed between the two types of representation. On the
other hand, even if the discovery of the New World introduced
without any doubt important changes, the influence of the
description of the mediaeval orbis tripartitus remains
perceptible during the sixteenth century. Finally, as far as the
relation between the figures and texts on the maps themselves is
concerned, where traditionally the sixteenth century is identified
as the birth of scientific cartography, this study makes clear that
medieval mirabilia
(exotic animals and monstrous races) survive well beyond the
traditional boundaries of the Middle Ages, and so do the
representations of two world rulers, Alexander the Great and
Prester John.
It follows from this richly documented
study that pre-modern maps as the medieval mappae mundi were, in an
undividable way, at the same time scientific
instruments, as well as documents that are open to allegorical
meditations.
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