Die Weltkarte des Isidorus von Sevilla. Richard Uhden

Die Weltkarte des Isidorus von Sevilla.

Author	Richard Uhden
Publisher	Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1936
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Weight	95 gram
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Keywords	cartography, Isidorus Hispalensis, Vatican, Codex, world map, encyclopedia, Etymologiae
Booknumber	20122
Category's	Travel & Geography (Atlasses, Maps & Cartography) History & Archaeology (Classical Antiquity) History & Archaeology (Middle Ages) Books on Books (Libraries) Books on Books (Manuscripts & Early Printed Books) Books on Books (Middle Ages) Books on Books (Cartography)
4to (16,5 x 25 cm). Pp. 28 + fold. facs. map. Orig. wrappers. Offprint from Mnemosyne (A Journal of Classical Studies), Serie 3, Vol. 3. Isidorus Hispalensis (Saint Isidore of Seville, 560-636) was "the last scholar of the ancient world". His Etymologiae, the first medieval encyclopedia, was a compilation of all learning of his time. In this work the earth was considered as round (wether disc-shaped or globular). Uhde's article describes the particulars of a worldmap from the 8th century that was based on the work of Isidore and was discovered in the Vatican Library. With a folding facsimile of the map containing more than 130 locations of countries, rivers, lakes, towns &c (Codex Vat. Lat. 6018). Covers slightly browned, otherwise very good.
Prijs	� 15.00