BNF 7478 Latin mappa mundi

This map shows a didactic cosmographical system (represented in the form of concentric circles, one for each of the four elements) and a small geographical mappa mundi (a term used for medieval European map of the world). This mappa mundi is of particular interest to contemporary scholars due to its high level of geographical precision in comparison to other similar medieval examples. The map in Latin 7478 shows a rather realistic depiction of the Mediterranean and North sees, ( The following region are labeled “Francia” (France), “Spania” (Spain), “Italia” (Italy), “Turchia” (Turkey), “Caucasia” (Caucasus) or “Egyptus” (Egypt), and in central Europe “Polonia” (Poland), “Ungaria” (Hungary), “Scla via ” (region inhabited by the slavs), “Alba” (Albania)). This folio comes from the manuscript BNF Latin 7478 a "Bat book" designed as a portable calendar for travelling scholar.Written by Paul of Kignin, it is inspired by John of Gmunden Kalendarium This is the seventeenth folio of the book.

Date

September 24, 1456

Mapmaker / publisher

Paul of Kignin

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

4,442 × 4,826 pixels

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