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Apocalyptic Cartography : Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004307278
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Apocalyptic CartographyDDC classification:
  • 912
LOC classification:
  • GA105.3.V36 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Description of Huntington HM 83 -- 1 ff. 1r-8v, The Brief Geographical Treatise -- 2 ff. 8v-12v, The Treatise on the Apocalypse -- 3 ff. 13r-18r, Heterogeneous Section on Astronomy and Geography -- 4 ff. 19r-25v, Treatise on Astronomical Medicine -- Chapter 2 -- The Historical Context: Lübeck in the Fifteenth Century -- Chapter 3 -- The Author -- Chapter 4 -- The Geographical Sections -- Excerpts from the Geographical Section -- Excerpts from the Section on Astronomy and Geography -- Links with the Rudimentum novitiorum -- Early Thematic Mapping -- The Maps in the Geographical Sections -- The Map on f. 1r -- The Map on f. 3r -- The Maps on f. 3v -- The Map on f. 5r -- The Map on f. 6r -- The Map on ff. 6v-7r -- The Map on ff. 7v-8r -- The Diagram on f. 13r -- The Diagrams on f. 13v -- The Map on f. 14r -- The Map on f. 14v -- The Map on f. 15r -- Chapter 5 -- The Treatise on the Apocalypse -- Late Fifteenth-Century German Apocalypticism -- The Apocalyptic Maps and Texts -- The Map and Text on f. 8v -- The Map and Text on f. 9r -- The Map and Text on f. 9v -- The Map and Text on f. 10r -- The Map and Text on f. 10v -- The Map and Text on f. 11r -- The Map and Text on f. 11v -- The Map and Text on f. 12r -- The Map and Text on f. 12v -- Proof of Circulation: Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 442 Helmst. -- Beilage f. 1r -- Beilage f. 2r -- Beilage f. 2v -- Beilage f. 3r -- Beilage f. 3v -- Other Attempts to Map the Apocalypse -- Conclusions -- Index.
Summary: In Apocalyptic Cartography, Chet Van Duzer and Ilya Dines analyse an unstudied fifteenth-century German manuscript that contains a rich collection of strikingly original world maps. These include early thematic maps and maps illustrating the events of the Apocalypse.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Description of Huntington HM 83 -- 1 ff. 1r-8v, The Brief Geographical Treatise -- 2 ff. 8v-12v, The Treatise on the Apocalypse -- 3 ff. 13r-18r, Heterogeneous Section on Astronomy and Geography -- 4 ff. 19r-25v, Treatise on Astronomical Medicine -- Chapter 2 -- The Historical Context: Lübeck in the Fifteenth Century -- Chapter 3 -- The Author -- Chapter 4 -- The Geographical Sections -- Excerpts from the Geographical Section -- Excerpts from the Section on Astronomy and Geography -- Links with the Rudimentum novitiorum -- Early Thematic Mapping -- The Maps in the Geographical Sections -- The Map on f. 1r -- The Map on f. 3r -- The Maps on f. 3v -- The Map on f. 5r -- The Map on f. 6r -- The Map on ff. 6v-7r -- The Map on ff. 7v-8r -- The Diagram on f. 13r -- The Diagrams on f. 13v -- The Map on f. 14r -- The Map on f. 14v -- The Map on f. 15r -- Chapter 5 -- The Treatise on the Apocalypse -- Late Fifteenth-Century German Apocalypticism -- The Apocalyptic Maps and Texts -- The Map and Text on f. 8v -- The Map and Text on f. 9r -- The Map and Text on f. 9v -- The Map and Text on f. 10r -- The Map and Text on f. 10v -- The Map and Text on f. 11r -- The Map and Text on f. 11v -- The Map and Text on f. 12r -- The Map and Text on f. 12v -- Proof of Circulation: Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 442 Helmst. -- Beilage f. 1r -- Beilage f. 2r -- Beilage f. 2v -- Beilage f. 3r -- Beilage f. 3v -- Other Attempts to Map the Apocalypse -- Conclusions -- Index.

In Apocalyptic Cartography, Chet Van Duzer and Ilya Dines analyse an unstudied fifteenth-century German manuscript that contains a rich collection of strikingly original world maps. These include early thematic maps and maps illustrating the events of the Apocalypse.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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