Index of Cartographic Images Illustrating
Maps of the Early Medieval Period
400-1300 A.D.
Below are listed the cartographic images in
my collection. Each of these items currently have links to the associated
image and/or monograph web pages. If you see a map that you would like to
view, simply click on that underlined number. If there are maps that you
would like to see but do not currently have links to them, simply e-mail
your request to jsiebold@cfl.rr.com and I will e-mail the page(s) directly
to you ASAP.
Time Chart of Medieval
Cartography, 400 - 1400 A.D.
- Slide# Title/Description/Cartographer/Date
- 201 Macrobian world map, French
MS, 12th century
- 201A Macrobian world map, Brescia,
1483
- 201B Macrobian World map, from
unknown MS in Bodleian Library
- 201C Macrobian world map, Johannes
Eschuidus, 1489 (Nordenskiöld)
- 201C1Macrobian world map, Summa Anglicana Johannes
Eschuidus (1489)
- 201D Macrobian world map, 10th
century in Bede's De temporum ratione.
- 201D1Macrobian world map in Bede's De temporum ratione,
unknown,10th century
- 201E Macrobian world map, 15th
century in Petrus Alphonsus' Dialogus Contra Judeos.
- 201E1Macrobian world map, Petrus Alphonsus,15th century
- 201F Macrobian world map, 9 th
century
- 201F1Macrobian world map, 9th century
- 201G Macrobian world map in Commentarium
in somnium Sciopionis, 15th century, 12.5 cm diameter
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- 202 Cosmas Indicopleustes' world
picture in Christian Topography, 6th century
- 202B World map in Christian Topography, Cosmas
Indicopleutes, (6th century)
- 202C Tabernacle world view from
Cosmas Indicopleutes, from Christian
Topography, 6th century
- 202C1 Tabernacle world view from
Comas Indicopleutes, 6th century, from
Christian Topography
- 202D Tabernacle world view in
the Christian Topography, Cosmas Indicopleutes, 6th century
- 202E Antipodes in Christian
Topography, Cosmas Indicopleutes, 6th century
- 202E1 Antipodes in Christian Topography, Cosmas
Indicopleutes, (6th century)
- 202F Illustrations from the Christian
Topography (Montfaucon)
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- 203 Anonymous Geographer from Ravenna
(Miller)(ca. 700)
- 203A Anonymous Geographer from
Ravenna (Avezac/Beazley)(ca. 700)
- 203A1Anonymous geograpger from Ravenna world map (ca.
700)
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- 204 Map of the "Inhabited
Quarter", Sadiq Isfahani, 1647
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- 205 Isidore of Seville's tripartite
world map,1472(the first printed map in
Europe)
- 205A T-O map from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiarum,
detail,Günter Zainer, 1472
- 205A1 T-O map from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiarum,
detail,Günter Zainer, 1472
- 205AA Y-O map, unknown, 12th
century, from MS. of Bede's De natura rerum (8 cm diameter)
- 205B T-O map, circa 1500, Venice
(Brown)
- 205B1 T-O map from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiarum,
unknown, ca. 1500
- 205B2 T-O map reconstruction unknown, modern
- 205B3 T-O map reconstruction unknown, modern
- 205BB Byzantine-Oxford T-O map,
1110, (17 cm diameter).*
- 205C T-O manuscript map, 10th
century
- 205CC Diagram map from MS of Bede's De natura rerum,,
unknown , 9th century
- 205D T-O map, 13th century French
manuscript (26.9 X 15.9 cm)
- 205DD Isidorean mappamundi, 11th
century (26 cm diameter).*
- 205E T-O map, unknown, facsimile
copy from Santarem's Essai . . .,
- 205E1 T-O map from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiarum,
unknown
- 205EE T-O map, Situs Hierusalem
(map of Jerusalem), 13th century (21.5 X 12.7 cm).*
- 205EE1 Situs Hierusalem (map of Jerusalem), unknown,
ca. 1100
- 205F T-O maps, 12th century Sallust
manuscript + copy from Zacharias' Orbis brevarium,1493
- 205F1 T-O maps from Zacharias' Orbis breviarium,
unknown,12th cen.
- 205F2 T-O maps from Zacharias' Orbis breviarium
,unknown,1493
- 205FF T-O map, Map of Jerusalem,
12th century.*
- 205G T-O map, Sallust unknown.
- 205GG T-O map, circular plan
of Jerusalem, unknown, 13th century (26 cm diameter)*
- 205H T-O map, unknown, 14th century
from a Sallust manuscript, Bellum Jugurthinum.
- 205HH Reverse T-O map from MS.
of Bede's De natura rerum , unknown, 12th century (19 cm diameter).
- 205I T-O map, unknown, 9th century
manuscript, Strasburg.
- 205II Climate/Zone and T-O maps,
Giacomo Foresti, 1503.
- 205J T-O map, from Lambert of
St. Omer's Liber Floridus.*
- 205JJ T-O map from MS of Isidore's
De natura rerum, unknown, 9th century
- 205K T-O map from Jean Mansel's
La fleur des histoires (Lambert of St Omer), 15th century
- 205K1 T-O from Jean Mansel's La fleur des histiores,
Lambert of St. Omer,15th century
- 205KK T-O map showing 4th continent
(11 cm diameter), unknown.
- 205L T-O map, unknown, from 13th
century Isidorean manuscript (18.5 X 18.5 cm).
- 205LL Sallust T-O map with West
orientation, unknown, from De bello Jugurthino (6.8 cm diameter)
- 205M T-O map, from Isidorean manuscript,
unknown, 8th century (22 X 29 cm).
- 205MM T-O map, unknown, from
13th century Sallust manuscript (10.5 cm diameter),with symmetrical rivers
- 205N T-O map, from Sallust manuscript,
unknown,13th century (10.5 cm diameter).
- 205NN Climatic Zone and T-O maps, from Novissime Hystoriae,
Giacomo Foresti
- 205O T-O map, unknown, from a
13th century Sallust codex (4.3 cm diameter).
- 205P T-O map, unknown, from a
10th century manuscript (11.5 cm diameter).
- 205Q T-O map from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiarum,
unknown,10th century
- 205R T-O map, unknown, from a
13th century manuscript (13 cm diameter).
- 205S Y-O map, unknown, from an
11th century MS. of Isidore's Etymologiarum (10.8 cm diameter)
- 2205T T-O and V maps, unknown,
from a 12th century MS. of Isidore's Etymologiarum.
- 205U T-O map, unknown, from 14th
century edition of the writings of Lucan (13.8 cm diameter).
- 205V T-O map, from 13th century
manuscript by Gautier de Chatillon (10.4 cm diameter), north orientation
- 205W Y-O map, unknown, from Macrobius'
Commentarium in somnium, 11th century.
- 205X T-O map, from 13th century
MS. L'image du monde by Gautier de Metz (6.6 cm diameter).
- 205Y T-O map, unknown, from 11th
century MS. edition of Beatus' Commentary on the Apocalypse of
Saint John (4.7 cm diameter)
- 205Z T-O map, unknown, from 12th
century edition of Bede's De natura rerum (8.1 cm diameter)
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- 206 The Albi, or Merovingian, world
map, unknown, 8th century, 29 x 23 cm, the oldest surviving detailed
world map !
- 206A The Albi or Merovingian map,unknown, 8th century
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- 207 Beatus world map, 894-926 A.D.,
Ashburnham copy
- 207A London, Beatus of Liebana, (1109)
- 207A London, Beatus of Liebana, (1109)
- 207B Beatus world map, London
copy, 1109 A.D. (Santarem)
- 207C St. Sever, Beatus of Liebana, (1060)
- 207D St. Sever world map after
Beatus, 1060 A.D.
- 207D1 St. Sever world map after
Beatus, 1060 A.D. detail: the Antipodes
- 207D1 St. Sever, detail: Antipodes, Beatus of Liebana,
1060
- 207E St. Sever, Beatus of Liebana,(1060)
- 207E1 St. Sever, Beatus of Liebana (1060)
- 207F Beatus world map, Turin copy,
1150 A. D.
- 207G Beatus world map, Turin copy,
1150 A. D. (Jomard)
- 207G1 Turin, Beatus of Liebana , (1150)
- 207H. Beatus world map, Osma copy,
1203 A.D. (Miller)
- 207H1 Osma, Beatus of Liebana, (1086-1203)
- 207I Beatus world map, Paris III
copy, 1250 A.D.
- 207J Beatus world map, Altamira
copy, 12th century.
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- 208 Sino-Tibetan world map, ca.
733 A.D. [12th century reproduction].
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- 209 Chinese world-picture from
the Chhin-Ting Shu T'u Shuo.
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- 210 Anglo-Saxon, or Cottonian world
map from Priscian's Periegsis, ca. 995 A.D.
- 210A Anglo-Saxon, or Cottonian
world map, 900 A.D.interpretive drawing
- 210A1 Anglo-Saxon or Cottoniana Map, unknown (Priscian's
Periegsis), (ca. 995)
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- 211 world map, al-Istrakhri, 1193
- 211A al-lstakhri II world map,
al-Istakhri, 934 A.D.
- 211B world map, al-Istrakhri,
(1193)
- 211C al-Istakhri's world map,
Arabic, 977/1570 A.D.*
- 211D Arab World Map reconstruction, E. Raisz , (10th
century)
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- 212 Massaudy world map, pre-956
A.D.
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- 213 world map, Ibn Hawqal, 980
A.D.
- 213A Mediterranean area only,
Ibn Hawqal.
- 213B world map, Ibn Hawqal, 1445
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- 214 world map, al-Kashgari, from
the Diwan lughat al-Turk al-Kashgari, 1076
- 214.1 world map, Ibn al-Wardi,
1001 (16.5 cm diameter).*
- 214.2 world map with climate
boundaries, Balkhi, 816 A.D.
- 214.3 world map of the distribution
of land and sea, al-Biruni, 1029 (9.5 cm diameter).
- 214.4 world map, Ahmad ibn al-Harrani,
from his Jami al-funun, 14th century (18 X 24 cm).
- 214.5 Annonymous world map attributed
to Theodulphe, 11th century.
- 214.6 world map, Ibn al-Wardi,17th
century copy
- 214.7 Ottoman version of Ibn Wardi's world map,Ibn Wardi,16th
century
- 214.7 climate (zone) map from
Mu'jam al-buldan [Dictionary of Countries], Yaqut, plus transliteration,
ca, 1224.
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- 215 World map,Henry of Mainz,1110
- 215A World map, Henry of Mainz, (1110)
- 215A World map,Henry of Mainz, (1110)
- 215B Henry of Mainz, world map,
detail of Middle East.
- 215C Jerome's map of Asia, 12th
century.
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- 216 World Map of Guido of Pisa,
1119 A.D. 13 cm diameter
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- 217 zonal world map, Lambert of
St. Omer,Martianus Capella, Ghent copy,1120 A.D.
- 217 Zone map from Liber Floridus, Lambert of St.
Omer, Martianus Capella, (12th century)
- 217A Zonal world map from Liber
Floridus (Wolfenbüttel) Lambert St Omer, 12th century
- 217B Zone map from Liber Floridus, Lambert of
St. Omer, 12th century
- 217C Example of Zonal Map Divisions, modern
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- 218 Hua I T'u [Map of China and
the Barbarian Countries], unknown, ca.1137 A.D.
- 218A Hua I T'u [Map of China and
the Barbarian Countries], unknown, (1137)
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- 218.1 Yü Chi T'u [Map of
the Tracks of Yü the Great], ca. 1137 A.D.
- 218.1A Yü Chi T'u [Map
of the Tracks of Yü the Great] (Hapgood).
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- 218.2 Yü Chi T'u compared
with modern map of China, unknown, (1137)
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- 219 world map, al-Idrisi, round,
804/1154/1456 A.D.
- 219A world map, al-Idrisi, rectangular,
1154 A.D.*
- 219A1 World map, detail of Europe/NorthAfrica, al-Idrisi,1192
- 219A2 World map, al-Idrisi ,1154
- 219B World map, al-Idrisi,1192
- 219D World map, al-Idrisi ,(1192)
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- 220 Ti Li chih T'u [Map of West China], unknown, 1155
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- 220.1 Vercelli's world map, unknown,
1191-1218 12th-13 th century.
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- 220A Diagrammatic chart of river systems of West China,
unknown,1160
- 220B Ti Li T'u [General Map of China], Huang Shang and
Wang Chih-Yuan, 1193
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- 221 world map, Ali ibn Musa Ibn
Sa'id al-Maghribi, from the Kitab al-bad' wa-al-ta'rikh, 1570
- 221A World map from Kitab al-bad' wa-al-ta'rikh,
Ali ibn Musa ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi,1570
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- 222 world map, Zakariya Ibn Muhammad
al-Qazwini, 1032/1622*
- 222.1 Distribution of Land and Sea from al-Qazwini's
'Aja'ib al-makhluqat, Zakariya Ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini,1539
- 222.2 world map, Zakariya Ign
Muhammad al-Qazwini from a 16 th century edition.
- 222.3 World map,Hamd Allah Mustawfi al-Qazwini, 1258
- 222.3A World map, Hamd Allah Mustawfi al-Qazwini ,1258
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- 222.4 TurkishWorld map
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- 223 Psalter mappamundi, unknown,
1225-1250*
- 223A Psalter mappamundi, unknown, 1225-1250
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- 224 Ebstorf mappamundi,Gervase
of Tilbury, (1234)
- 224 Gervase of Tilbury, Ebstorf
mappamundi, 1234 (color reproduction)
- 224A Ebstorf mappamundi, detail:
the Garden of Eden.
- 224B Ebstorf mappamundi, detail:
Gog and Magog
- 224C Ebstorf mappamundi, detail: the East
- 224D Ebstorf mappamundi, detail: Southern Africa
- 224E Ebstorf mappamundi, detail: Europe
- 224F Ebstorf mappamundi, detail: Jerusalem
- Ebstorfer Weltkarte Web Site
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- 225 world map, Matthew Paris, 1250.
- 225.1 World map, Matthew Paris, 1250
- 225.2 Map of England, Matthew Paris,1250
- 225.2A Map of England, Matthew Paris,1250
- 225.3 Map of England, Matthew Paris,1250
- 225.4 Itinerary, from London to Apulia, Matthew Paris,1250
- 225.4A Itinerary, from London to Apulia, Matthew Paris,
1250
- 225.5 Itinerary, from London to Apulia, Matthew Paris,
1250
- 225.5A Itinerary, from London to Apulia, Matthew Paris,
1250
- 225.5B Map of Palestine, Matthew Paris, 1250
- 225.5C Map of Palestine , Matthew Paris, 1250
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- 225.6 World map of William of Conches in his Dragmaticon
William of Conches,13th century
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- 226 Hereford mappamundi, Richard
de Bello of Haldingham, 1290
- 226A Hereford mappamundi, color
redrawing
- 226A Hereford Mappamundi (outline)
- 226B Hereford Mappamundi, detail: Day of Judgement
- 226C Hereford Mappamundi, detail: Africa and Ceasar Augustus
- 226D Hereford mappamundi, detail,
Africa.
- 226E Hereford Mappamundi, detail: Asia and Europe
- 226F Hereford Mappamundi, detail: Garden of Eden and
India
- 226G Hereford Mappamundi, detail: Tower of Babel and
Mesopotamia
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- 226.1 world map, Ibn Fadl Allah al-'Umari ca, 16th century
- 226.2 Eclectic world map
- 226.2A Eclectic world map, detail: India and adjacent
areas
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last updated 22 April 1998