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Etymologiae, Guntherus Ziner, 1472
Artist
Isidore of Seville
Author
Guntherus Ziner
Title
Etymologiae, Guntherus Ziner, 1472
Description
  • T and O style mappa mundi (map of the known world) from the first printed version of Isidorus' Etymologiae (Kraus 13). The book was written in 623 and first printed in 1472 at Augsburg by one Günther Zainer (Guntherus Ziner), Isidor's sketch thus becoming the oldest printed map of the occident.
  • Note: T-O-maps are typically displayed "East-up", show Jerusalem at the center and the paradise at the outmost East, balanced by the pillars of Hercules at the outmost West.
Date 1472
date QS:P571,+1472-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/interactives/heavens-and-earth/earth/artifact6-earth.html
Other versions
  • Same map in different sample of the book.
    Same map in different sample of the book.
  • Same, cropped
    Same, cropped
  • Same map in 12th century Isidorian manuscript
    Same map in 12th century Isidorian manuscript
  • The T and O scheme: According to Augustine of Hippo (354-430), "Asia's size equals the sum of Europe's and Africa's".
    The T and O scheme: According to Augustine of Hippo (354-430), "Asia's size equals the sum of Europe's and Africa's".

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