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A Medieval Map of the World with Meredith Small - Medievalists.net

With a team of dedicated monks and lay brothers to help him, fifteenth-century Venetian Fra Mauro attempted to create the most accurate map

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L’eroe dei “Due mondi”. Scegliere dove andare, con molteplici possibilità, moltiplicate per due… Girano… eccome se girano! Proposta UNO: Mappamondo grande con luce, Edizioni nova RICO Firenze. Proposta DUE: Globo terreste piccolo con luce manifattura del Tigullio Carasco (Genova) I segni del tempo ci sono ma si perdono tra montagne ed oceani. Condizioni vintage buone. Spedizione da concordare. Dimensioni: grande diametro 30cm h 45cm piccolo diametro 20cm h 31cm Prezzo: 67euro (grande) 47euro (piccolo) #mappamondo #globoterrestre #ricofirenze #rico #globoluminoso #globe #vintageglobe #vintage #modernariato #homedecor #light #lamp #geografia #cartografia #tigulliocarasco #mappamundi #madeinitaly #lhosgabellointrasferta #lhosgabello (presso L'ho Sgabello) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCcRqWMF69/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This 127cm (50 inch) diameter globe is cradled in a handcrafted Oak or Walnut base and available is a variety of styles and finishes. It sits within a huge hand-engraved brass meridian and has deep horizon bands around the table. Click to watch how the globe spins. The deep hues are created with many watercolour washes painted by hand in our London studio. A truly individual product, exuding quality craftsmanship and skill, the Churchill would not look out of place in a grand home or workspace. As with all Bellerby globes, each one can be individually tailored to suit taste and requirements. Only 40 globes will be made in this Churchill series. We ship worldwide from London | www.bellerbyandco.com

[maptitude1]

The Psalter Map: a mid-13th-century (some believe it was produced in 1265) medieval world map combining elements of geographical knowledge with religious symbolism and a variety of legendary features. 

Christ presides over it, Jerusalem sits at its centre, and the east - said to be the location of Eden, is placed at the top. The map’s relationship to reality is tenuous, even the geography of Europe is correct only in a diagrammatic fashion. The map was part of Mappaemundi, painted 9.5 cm long, possibly intended for personal use.  The Mappamundi derives from ancient pictures of the Earth as a flat disk or “O”. With east on top, this was schematised by rendering the Don and the Nile as a straight line, forming the horizontal bar of a “T”, while the Mediterranean became its upright. Such “T-O” maps allowed their makers to divide a circle into 3 sections that could be labeled with the names of the 3 known continents - Asia, Europe and Africa. 

Source: Harris, N. (2002), Mapping the World: Maps and their history. Brown Partworks Limited, Hong Kong

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Bespoke colouring – a take on our Cassini – usually seen with Mint, Glacial or Ochre oceans – here with a nice light variation of Sea Green. Hand drawn and hand painted illustrations have been added – illustrations are by Mark Utterson.

The illustrations here are slightly larger then we normally do – we equally like and encourage this sizing! Some customers choose smaller illustrations so they are more discreet – something to find when looking closely. Others choose to make illustrations larger features on their globe.

Bellerby & Co Globemakers, London

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50cm diameter Britannia - Floor Standing Globe.

Ochre - with a matte finish.

Hand engraved solid Aluminium meridian and base.

The globe is hand painted and has bespoke cartography and hand drawn and hand painted illustrations.

Bellerby & Co Globemakers, London

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Continuing on with #GlobeFacts on the theme of changing names.. while we look at North & Central America we are actually talking... Ceylon to Sri Lanka (1972). Ceylon was a European colonial name bestowed upon the island nation by the Portuguese in 1505 and carried over by the British Empire who “owned” Ceylon until 1948. The name was finally changed in 1972 to shed the colonial connection, a not uncommon sentiment by former colonies. Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for control of the island as a whole. The island attracted the attention of the newly formed Dutch Republic when they were invited by the Sinhalese King to fight the Portuguese. Dutch rule over much of the island was soon imposed. In the late 18th century the Dutch, weakened by their wars against Great Britain, were conquered by Napoleonic France, and their leaders became refugees in London. No longer able to govern their part of the island effectively, the Dutch transferred the rule of it to the British, although this was against the wishes of the Dutch residing there. As soon as Great Britain gained the European-controlled parts of Ceylon from the Dutch, they wanted to expand their new sphere of influence by making the native Kingdom of Kandy a protectorate, an offer initially refused by the King of Kandy. Although the previous Dutch administration had not been powerful enough to threaten the reign of the Kandyan Kings, the British were much more powerful. The Kandyan refusal to accept a protectorate led eventually to war, which ended with the capitulation of the Kandyans. Sri Lanka's documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. In 1972, its formal name was changed to "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka". Later in 1978 it was changed to the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka". Its recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war. #SriLankaFacts via Wikipedia. Globe 23cm in Prussian Blue | www.bellerbyandco.com

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The Seer’s Chart: The Riddle

Ancient bird, magical word, Note the secret you have heard. Trace the white bird through the frost, Across the black where all is lost.