The Geography of Devotion in the British Library Map Psalter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701795 |
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| Authors | LauraLee Brott (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 211-224 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cart.53.3.2017-0029 |
| OpenAlex | W2895044667 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The article investigates how two thirteenth-century T-O maps in the British Library Map Psalter interact with their textual setting. The maps occupy the two sides of a single folio. On the recto is a pictorial world map with 91 place names; on the verso, a list map indicates 75 provinces and 77 cities within Asia, Africa, and Europe. The maps occupy a unique place within the history of medieval cartography because they are the only mappaemundi extant within a Book of Psalms. The specific relationship between the maps and the texts of the psalms is, however, less studied. I propose that the maps allude to the content of the psalms and complement images in the historiated initials, cultivating exegesis, prayer, and contemplation
Archaeology · Art · Cartography · Contemplation · Exegesis · Extant taxon · Folio · Geography · Literature · Prayer · Theology · Toponymy · World map · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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