Ebstorf Map
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- Created Date
- 1234
- Description
The Ebstorf Map is an example of a mappa mundi (a Medieval European map of the world) similar to the Hereford Map, believed to be made by Gervase of Tilbury around 1234. It is a tripartite or T and O map centered on Jerusalem with east on top of the map. The original was destroyed during World War II. Accompanies book: Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte / herausgegeben von Hartmut Kugler ; unter Mitarbeit von Sonja Glauch und Antje Willing ; digitale Bildbearbeitung, Thomas Zapf. Oversize Atlas At.050 A-[1234] 2007
The Ebstorf Map (ca 1234) is the largest known mappa mundi – a European medieval map. Less a navigational tool, it is full of religious and ethnographic information, measures 12ft and is illustrated on 30 goatskins. Scholars disagree as to who the author of the map really is. Originally thought to have been created by Gervase of Ebstorf, many others now think it contains too many dissimilar traits and was actually co-created by the nuns of Ebstorf famed for their craft(wo)manship in the Arts.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- Akademie Verlag
- Type
- image
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Ebstorf Map. 1234. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/16400. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1234) Ebstorf Map. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/16400
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/16400>.