AD 1154 · 12th century · Sicily
Al-Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana
Made at the Norman court of Palermo for Roger II.
Catalogue record
| Cartographer | Muhammad al-Idrisi |
|---|---|
| Record stands for | A work or series, not one witness |
Open questions
Looked at and unresolved. Listed so the gap reads as a question somebody asked rather than a field nobody reached.
- date
- The year recorded is that of the lost original. Every surviving witness is a later copy, and the record does not say which copy stands behind it or how much later that copy is. Choosing a manuscript witness and recording its repository, shelfmark and date, after which the year on this record has to be read against it.
Related essays
Bibliography
- Harley, J. B. The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- S. Maqbul Ahmad, "Cartography of al-Sharīf al-Idrīsī", in The History of Cartography, vol. 2.1 (1992), 156–174.