Medieval world maps : embedded images, interpretive frames

Author

Kupfer, Marcia

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 10, 262-288, 11 ill.

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Discussion of several medieval mappaemundi, ranging from Carolingian to gothic examples, including the well-known Hereford Mappamundi (Hereford Cathedral). Author suggests that "...world maps were typically treated not as autonomous objects, but rather as elements subsumed within greater pictorial ensembles, architectural settings or intellectual projects".

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Mappemondes
• Mappa mundi
• SS. Mary and Ethelbert (cathedral)||Hereford (GBR)
• Great Britain
• 1200-1300
• Iconography
• World
• Maps

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Mappemonde
• Mappa mundi
• SS. Mary and Ethelbert (cathédrale)||Hereford (GBR)
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1200-1300
• Iconographie
• Monde
• Carte

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00314877

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