18-11-2024, 08:53 PM
When I look at the details on the causeways as well as the other details all over the page I ask:
Are these details artistic flourishes of the author with no real meaning or interpretation as non-map theorists seems to imply?
Or are they very meaningful geographical/architectural features of a map?
Surely the reason for purchasing a much larger piece of vellum for this illustrated 6 page foldout was that a larger page was needed to fit all the details that the author wanted to include otherwise a smaller page would be sufficient and so all these details are meaningful and necessary not superfluous. A map would require a larger page in the way that some other kinds of illustrations would not. A larger page was more expensive so the author must have had a good reason to want to pay for such an unusually large page.
Are these details artistic flourishes of the author with no real meaning or interpretation as non-map theorists seems to imply?
Or are they very meaningful geographical/architectural features of a map?
Surely the reason for purchasing a much larger piece of vellum for this illustrated 6 page foldout was that a larger page was needed to fit all the details that the author wanted to include otherwise a smaller page would be sufficient and so all these details are meaningful and necessary not superfluous. A map would require a larger page in the way that some other kinds of illustrations would not. A larger page was more expensive so the author must have had a good reason to want to pay for such an unusually large page.
