AD 1250 · 13th century · England

Psalter world map

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A compact east-up world image makes encyclopedic sacred geography available inside devotional reading.

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The compact east-up world map in the medieval Psalter manuscript
British Library reproduction via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Cartographer Unknown
Medium Ink and pigments on parchment
Provenance British Library, Additional MS 28681, fol. 9r

Tags

  • mappamundi
  • psalter
  • east-up
  • manuscript
  • devotion

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