today's theme is "medieval maps" !
maybe they now marginally useful, but beautiful!
often on a single map was mix "Known World" and the Constellations of Heaven.
Like Mandeville's Travels, maps were vehicles for conveying all sorts of information - zoological, anthropological, moral, theological, and historical - not just geographical.
They presented a synchronic view of the world -
Pagan and Christian and Secular and sacred
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