Beatus map

[juergenw]

In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  ,  a "Beatus map" was mentioned. Petersen referred to it in connection with the lower right circle in the Rosettes page.
Evidently, he is referring to this map, also known as the Osma Beatus map:




The rectangular part with Andrew's cross refers to "paradiso".
It is indeed a tempting likeness.

Konrad Miller (1895 quoted in the paper below) described and analysed the phylogeny of the Beatus -type maps. There are 14 maps in total if I remember correctly. The one you copied is the (single) one with the saints/apostles. I compared it back then with another one ( B You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ; paper is in the library You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - this led me to suggest Asia (due to the location of paradise in the eastern region) deducting other things mentioned elsewhere. Others commented on the comparison with the Beatus map elsewhere (Nick Pellings blog).