• The Vercelli Map

    Author(s):
    Asa Simon Mittman (see profile)
    Editor(s):
    Nick Millea, Dan Terkla
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Medieval Art, Medieval Studies, The Medieval landscape/seascape
    Subject(s):
    Maps in literature, Middle Ages
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    medieval maps, Vercelli Map, Medieval studies, Medieval history, Mapping, Medieval
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/mzfs-ye94
    Abstract:
    The Vercelli Map, one of the largest maps to survive from the Middle Ages, has not received the attention it merits (Plate IV). This is likely the result of its very poor state of preservation, which has been a constant theme in what little has been published on it.' There are several studies that make brief mention of the map, and a few studies focused on it. The most significant publication is Carlo E Capello's 1976 volume, Il mappamondo medioevale di Vercelli, 11911218 which includes a transcription of its inscriptions by region and an alphabetical gazetteer of toponyms.? In essence, the Vercelli Map has been noticed in a number of studies of medieval geography and cartography, but there have not been any sustained discussions of it since Anna-Dorothee von den Brincken's 1990 essay. The Vercelli Maps scholarly neglect and the substantial conceptual transformations in the history of cartography since the 1990s makes this map ripe for reappraisal; fortunately, recent technological developments make it newly available for examination.
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    Publisher:
    Boydell Press
    Pub. Date:
    November 15, 2019
    Book Title:
    A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
    Editor(s):
    Dan Terkla and Nick Millea
    Page Range:
    127 - 128
    ISBN:
    978-1783274222
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives

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