| 1. |  € 140,00 | EAN-13: 9782503517261 P. Falchetta
Fra Mauro's Map of the World. With a Commentary and Translations of the Inscriptions
| Edizione: | Brepols Publishers, 2006 | | Collana: | Terrarum Orbis |
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Fra Mauros map of the world
a masterpiece of western cartography, composed around 1450
has until now never been the subject of a modern study,
despite its immense renown. The map has been reproduced and cited
in hundreds of books, but the most recent full study was in 1806:
Placido Zurlas Il
mappamondo di Fra Mauro. The present book aims at an analysis
and an in-depth study of this important document, offering the
reader an understanding within its contemporary cultural
framework.
The project is the result of
collaboration between historians and scholars belonging to two
Venetian institutions, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana where the map is still preserved and the Centro
Interdisciplinare di Rilievo, Cartografia ed Elaborazione (CIRCE)
of Venice's
Iuav University. The work is in two parts, a volume of
studies and a CD-ROM. The latter contains not only a
high-resolution image of the map, but also software for cross
consultation of text and image, in order to allow 'navigation'
between the map and its inscriptions
Piero Falchetta is curator of maps at
the Marciana National Library in Venice.
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