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Diagrammatic T-O world map - 12th century
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Diagrammatic T-O world map - 12th century

T and O style mappa mundi (map of the known world) from the first printed version of Isidorus' Etymologiae (Kraus 13). The book was written in 623 and first printed in 1472 at Augsburg by one Günther Zainer (Guntherus Ziner), Isidor's sketch thus becoming the oldest printed map of the occident.; Note: T-O-maps are typically displayed "East-up", show Jerusalem at the center and the paradise at the outmost East, balanced by the pillars of Hercules at the outmost West.; Title of Book: Etymologies *Author: Isidore, Saint, Bishop of Seville *Production: 12th century *Language: Latin From The British Library; Record Number - c5933-06; Shelfmark - Royal 12 F. IV; Page Folio Number - f.135v.

Date
1472
Mapmaker / publisher
Isidore of Seville
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
608 × 767 pixels

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"Diagrammatic T-O world map - 12th century" (1472). Isidore of Seville, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diagrammatic_T-O_world_map_-_12th_century.jpg

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