Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods (Technology and Change in History)

In scope, this book matches ''The History of Cartography'', vol. 1 (1987) edited by Brian Harley and David Woodward. Now, twenty years after the appearance of that seminal work, classicists and medievalists from Europe and North America highlight, distill and reflect on the remarkably productive progress made since in many different areas of the study of maps. The interaction between experts on antiquity and on the Middle Ages evident in the thirteen contributions offers a guide to the future and illustrates close relationships in the evolving practice of cartography over the first millenium and a half of the Christian era. The contributors are Emily Albu, Raymond Clemens, Lucy Donkin, Evelyn Edson, Tom Elliott, Patrick Gauthier Dalche, Benjamin Kedar, Maja Kominko, Natalia Lozovsky, Yossef Rapoport, Emilie Savage-Smith, Camille Serchuk, Richard Talbert, and Jennifer Trimble In Scope, This Book Matches The History Of Cartogmphy, Vol. 1 (1987) Edited By Brian Harley And David Woodward. Now, Twenty-one Years After The Appearance Of That Work, Classicists And Medievalists From Europe And North America Highlight, Distill And Reflect On The Remarkably Productive Progress Made Since In Many Different Areas Of The Study Of Maps. The Interaction Between Experts On Antiquity And On The Middle Ages Evident In The Thirteen Contributions Offers A Guide To The Future And Illustrates Close Relationships In The Evolving Practice Of Cartography Over The First Millenium And A Half Of The Christian Era.--book Jacket. Greek And Roman Mapping : Twenty-first Century Perspectives / L'héritage Antique De La Cartographie Médiévale : Les Problèmes Et Les Aquis / Process And Transformation On The Severan Marble Plan Of Rome / Constructing A Digital Edition For The Peutinger Map / Rethinking The Peutinger Map / Book Of Curiosities And An Unique Map Of The World / New Perspectives On Paradise : The Levels Of Reality In Byzantine And Latin Medieval Maps / Rashi's Map Of The Land Of Canaan, Ca. 1100, And Its Cartographic Background / Maps And Panegyrics : Roman Geo-ethnographical Rhetoric In Late Antiquity And The Middle Ages / Usque Ad Ultimum Terraie : Mapping The Ends Of The Earth In Two Medieval Floor Mosaics / Maps In Context : Isidore, Orosius, And The Medival Image Of The World / Medieval Maps In A Renaissance Context : Gregorio Dati And The Teaching Of Geography In Fifteenth-century Florence / Cartes Et Chroniques : Mapping And History In Late Medieval France / Richard Talbert -- Patrick Gautier Dalché -- Jennifer Trimble -- Tom Elliott -- Emily Albu -- Yossef Rapoport And Emilie Savage-smith -- Maja Kominko -- Benjamin Z. Kedar -- Natalia Lozovsky -- Lucy E.g. Donkin -- Evelyn Edson -- Ramond Clemens -- Camille Serchuk. Edited By Richard J.a. Talbert And Richard W. Unger. Essays Originally Presented At The 35th Medieval Workshop Held At The University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, October 2005. Cf. Acknowledgments. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [277]-296) And Index. Essays In English, With One Essay In French. Cover 1 Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods 4 © 5 Contents 8 List of Contributors 10 List of Illustrations 14 Acknowledgments 22 Introduction (Richard Talbert and Richard W. Unger) 24 Greek and Roman Mapping: Twenty-First Century Perspectives (Richard Talbert) 32 L'Héritage Antique de la Cartographie Médiévale: les Problèmes et les Acquis (Patrick Gautier Dalché) 52 Process and Transformation on the Severan Marble Plan of Rome (Jennifer Trimble) 90 Constructing a Digital Edition for the Peutinger Map (Tom Elliott) 122 Rethinking the Peutinger Map (Emily Albu) 134 The Book of Curiosities and a Unique Map of the World (Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith) 144 New Perspectives on Paradise—The Levels of Reality in Byzantine and Latin Medieval Maps (Maja Kominko) 162 Rashi's Map of the Land of Canaan, ca. 1100, and Its Cartographic Background (Benjamin Z. Kedar) 178 Maps and Panegyrics: Roman Geo-Ethnographical Rhetoric in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Natalia Lozovsky) 192 "Usque ad Ultimum Terrae": Mapping the Ends of the Earth in Two Medieval Floor Mosaics (Lucy E.G. Donkin) 212 Maps in Context: Isidore, Orosius, and the Medieval Image of the World (Evelyn Edson) 242 Medieval Maps in a Renaissance Context: Gregorio Dati and the Teaching of Geography in Fifteenth-Century Florence (Raymond Clemens) 260 Cartes et Chroniques: Mapping and History in Late Medieval France (Camille Serchuk) 280 Bibliography 300 Index 320 Colour Plates 324 In scope, this book matches The History of Cartography, volume 1 (1987) edited by Brian Harley and David Woodward. Now, twenty years after the appearance of that seminal work, classicists and medievalists from Europe and North America highlight, distill and reflect on the remarkably productive progress made since in many different areas of the study of maps. The interaction between experts on antiquity and on the Middle Ages evident in the thirteen contributions offers a guide to the future and illustrates close relationships in the evolving practice of cartography over the first millennium and a half of the Christian era. Contributors are Emily Albu, Raymond Clemens, Lucy Donkin, Evelyn Edson, Tom Elliott, Patrick Gauthier Dalché, Benjamin Kedar, Maja Kominko, Natalia Lozovsky, Yossef Rapoport, Emilie Savage-Smith, Camille Serchuk, Richard Talbert, and Jennifer Trimble There was no sharp break between classical and medieval map making. Contributions by thirteen scholars offer fresh insight that demonstrates continuity and adaptation over the long term. This work reflects current thinking in the history of cartography and opens new directions for the future.