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Mapping narrations – Narrating maps / Ingrid Baumgärtner (2022)  

Public Titre : Mapping narrations – Narrating maps : Concepts of the world in the Middle Ages and the early Modern Period Type de document : Monographie Auteurs : Ingrid Baumgärtner, Auteur ; Daniel Gneckow, Auteur ; Anna Hollenbach, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Editeur : Berlin, New York : Walter de Gruyter Année de publication : 2022 Importance : 386 pages Présentation : color illustrations, color maps Format : 16 x 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-5015-1601-6 Note générale : bibliographie traduit de l'allemand Langues : Français (fre) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Cartographie ancienne [Termes IGN] mappemonde [Termes IGN] Moyen-Age [Termes IGN] portulan [Termes IGN] représentation cartographique Résumé : (éditeur) This volume offers the author's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time in English translation. A first group of essays gives an overview of medieval cartography and illustrates the methods of cartographers. Another analyzes world maps and travel accounts in relation to mapped spaces. A third examines land surveying, cartographical practices of exploration, and the production of Portolan atlases. Note de contenu : PART I: VISUALIZING THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN: REPRESENTATIONS AND IDEAS OF THE WORLD 1- The World in Maps: Change and Continuity in the Middle Ages 2- Winds and Continents: Concepts for Structuring the World and Its Parts 3- Amazons in Medieval World Maps 4- From the Journey to the Map and Back: Creative Processes and Cultural Practices PART II: SYMBOLIC, NARRATIVE, AND SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONS OF CARTOGRAPHY: EUROPE AND THE HOLY LAND 5- Graphic Form and Significance: Europe in the World Maps of Beatus of Liébana and Ranulf Higden 6- Mapping Narratives: Jerusalem in Medieval Mapped Spaces 7- Travel Accounts, Maps, and Diagrams: Burchard of Mount Sion and the Holy Land PART III: BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD: MAPS AS MEANS OF POWER 8- New Maps for New Worlds? Cartographic Practices of Exploration 9- Battista Agnese’s Portolan Atlases 10- Cartography as Politics: The Topographic Land Survey in Hesse around 1600 Numéro de notice : 24067 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Monographie DOI : 10.1515/9781501516016 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501516016 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102096