Linda > 04-03-2019, 03:37 AM
(04-03-2019, 02:24 AM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.LOL!
Linda, I was just going to post a link to the Michael of Rhodes example, and then I decided to read the thread before posting and there it is.
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Oh, and I keep forgetting to post that Matthew Paris is significant in the 13th century because it includes not only the itinerary, maps, and winds, but also numeric tables (for calculating Easter) and calendars. In other words, like a "handbook" for travel
-JKP- > 04-03-2019, 07:21 AM
(04-03-2019, 03:37 AM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Too funny re Matthew Paris, i was just looking at one of his itineraries and he draws some cities like circular forts as well. Green salt water and blue tubes for rivers.
VViews > 04-03-2019, 02:54 PM
-JKP- > 04-03-2019, 03:35 PM
Linda > 04-03-2019, 09:40 PM
(04-03-2019, 03:35 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.There's a lot to like about VViews Dati link:
Slow deliberate way of writing the text.
Embellished capitals.
Text around the edges of the circles.
Similar collection of subject matter.
The little details on the castles.
Many map shapes similar to the VMS shapes (both pools and map).
The way this is put together reminds me of Rotum 7 (bottom-left):
Linda > 04-03-2019, 09:46 PM
(04-03-2019, 02:54 PM)VViews Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Also, one 15thC text I find interesting (and which may perhaps be relevant to your hypothesis about the Q13 illustrations) is the way that coastlines and rivers are integrated into the marginal space in various editions of Dati's Sfera.
Below, pages from the Boston Public Library's MS f Med. 125 (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.):
Another version from Harvard's Houghton Library MS Typ 155:
Printed version of Dati's Sfera from Library of Congress, PQ4621.D17 S4 1475
davidjackson > 04-03-2019, 10:09 PM
Linda > 04-03-2019, 10:57 PM
(04-03-2019, 10:09 PM)davidjackson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Obviously I'm being flippant here, but is this Remainer Britain?
On a different note, I'd point out that a portolan map usually has rhumb lines, and cannot be used without them. How would these supposed maps work without a precise navigational aid to link them to geographical reality?
VViews > 05-03-2019, 12:02 AM