Journal article
The northern world of the Anglo-Saxon Mappa Mundi
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The Anglo-Saxon mappa mundi, sometimes known as the Cotton map or Cottoniana, is found on folio 56v of London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B.v, which dates from the first half of the eleventh century. This unique survivor from the period presents a detailed image of the inhabited world, centred on the Mediterranean. The map’s distinctive cartography, with its emphasis on islands, seas and urban spaces reflects a particularly Anglo-Saxon geographic imagination. As Evelyn Edson has observe...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Anglo-Saxon England Journal website
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- December 2018
- Pages:
- 275-305
- Publication date:
- 2020-03-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-02-28
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-0532
- ISSN:
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0263-6751
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:981071
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- Local pid:
- pubs:981071
- Source identifiers:
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981071
- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Cambridge University Press 2020
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press.
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