Mapping empire: two world maps in early medieval England

This chapter focusses on two world maps preserved in an eleventh-century codex, London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius B V, in order to consider what great things these succinct representations of the world enabled their audience to know. Drawing on the work of Patrick Gautier Dalché,...

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Main Author: Appleton, H
Other Authors: Atherton, M
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Brepols 2022
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