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Medieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic cultures are both notable for the wealth and diversity of their geographical literature, yet to date there has been relatively little attempt to compare medieval Christian and Islamic mapping traditions in a detailed manner. Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World offers a timely assessment of the level of interaction between the two traditions across a range of map genres, including world and regional maps, maps of the seven climes, and celestial cartography. Through a mixture of synthesis and case study, the volume makes the case for significant but limited cultural transfer.
Contributors are: Elly Dekker; Jean-Charles Ducène; Alfred Hiatt; Yossef Rapoport; Stefan Schröder; Emmanuelle Vagnon.
Contributors are: Elly Dekker; Jean-Charles Ducène; Alfred Hiatt; Yossef Rapoport; Stefan Schröder; Emmanuelle Vagnon.
Price: $132.00
Pages: 238
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Maps, Spaces, Cultures
Publication Date:
17 June 2021
ISBN: 9789004444911
Format: Hardcover
"This compact and informative edited volume of six chapters contributes greatly to our understanding of comparative cartography in the later Middle Ages." – Zayde Antrim, in: Der Islam, vol. 99, no. 2 (2022).
"Kartographische Untersuchungen werden (...). Dennoch bringt dieser schmale Band – introduction, conclusion und sechs Kapitel, von denen zwei vom Herausgeber stammen – wichtiges Neues." – Felicitas Schmieder Historisches Institut, Fern Universität in Hagen, in: H-Soz-Kult, 14 December 2022
"Kartographische Untersuchungen werden (...). Dennoch bringt dieser schmale Band – introduction, conclusion und sechs Kapitel, von denen zwei vom Herausgeber stammen – wichtiges Neues." – Felicitas Schmieder Historisches Institut, Fern Universität in Hagen, in: H-Soz-Kult, 14 December 2022
Alfred Hiatt, PhD (1999), Cambridge, is Professor of Medieval Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. His publications on maps and spatial representation include Dislocations: Maps, Classical Tradition, and Spatial Play in the European Middle Ages (PIMS, 2020).