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Diagrams from BL Harley 2799, ff. 241v-242

Diagrams and a map. Image taken from ff. 241v-242 of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including of the monstrous races (f.... more

The sciences from BL Harley 2799, f. 241v

Diagrams of branches of science and a map of the world. Image taken from f. 241v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, inclu... more

Hua yi tu.

Scale not given. Stone rubbing dated 1933? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty,... more

Hua yi tu

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... more

Hua yi tu.

Yu ji tu.

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For... more

Plan of Jerusalem

Pingjiang tu.

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl... more

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... more

Scheme of the map of the world with sun, moon, and five planets

Map of the world: the inhabitants of Asia, Africa and Europe

Map of the world and the winds

Map of the world with the phases of the moon, the planets, and the sun

Milo from BL Arundel 93, f. 139

Miniature of a map of the island of Milo, from section 23. Image taken from f. 139 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, ff. 159v-160

Miniatures of a map. Image taken from ff. 159v-160 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 158v-159

Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 158v-159 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 157v-158

Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 157v-158 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map of the world from BL Royal 15 E III, f. 67v

Miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'A'(layde), at the beginning of book 15. Image taken from f. 67v of De proprietati... more

Andros from BL Arundel 93, f. 141

Detail of a miniature of a map of the island of Andros, from section 28. Image taken from f. 141 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Chois from BL Arundel 93, f. 150

Miniature of a map of the island of Chios. Image taken from f. 150 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 145v-146

Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 145v-146 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 157

Detail of miniature of a map. Image taken from f. 157 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 146v-147

Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 146v-147 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 148

Detail of a miniature of a map of Icaria and mandria, illustrating sections 51-52. Image taken from f. 148 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 148v-149

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Phormachi and Agathousa, Samos, and the Fourni, illustrating sections 53-55. Image taken from ff. 148v-149 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 156v

Miniatures of a map. Image taken from f. 156v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map of the world from BL Royal 15 E III, f. 67v

Detail of a miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, at the beginning of book 15. Image taken from f. 67v of De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des ... more

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 147v-148

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Patmos, Dipsa, Crousia, and Icaria and Mandria, illustrating sections 48-52. Image taken from ff. 147v-148 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 155v-156

Miniatures of maps of the islands of 'Marmora' and 'Calomina'. Image taken from ff. 155v-156 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Chios from BL Arundel 93, f. 150

Detail of a map of the island of Chios, illustrating section 58. Image taken from f. 150 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Podia from BL Arundel 93, f. 144v

Miniatures of maps, including of the islands of Podia. Image taken from f. 144v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 133

Miniature of a map. Image taken from f. 133 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 152v-153

Miniatures of maps, including of Tenedos and Gallipoli, illustrating sections 60 and 61. Image taken from ff. 152v-153 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Miniature of a map: 'Crete hodie candia'. from BL Arundel 93, f. 134v

Miniature of a map: 'Crete hodie candia'. Image taken from f. 134v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, ff. 151v-152

Miniatures of a map of Metelin, illustrating section 59. Image taken from ff. 151v-152 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Initial and heraldic arms from BL Arundel 93, f. 129

Initial 'C'(onstitui), made of branches, set in a landscape with birds, at the beginning of a series of maps; in the lower margin heraldic arms. Image taken from f. 129 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, f. 149v

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Tenosa and Psara, illustrating sections 56-57. Image taken from f. 149v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map of the world from BL Harley 3035, f. 175v

Circular map of the world and text preceeded by heading and initial in red. Image taken from f. 175v of Etymologies (index Etymologiae) and 'De natura rerum' (ff. 47-63v), with letters between Isidore and Braul... more

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Plan of Ancient Rome

Beleg van Franeker, 1500

Map of the world with the phases of the moon, the planets and the sun

Scheme of the map of the world with moon, sun and five planets

Map of the world: the people of the earth

Map of the world and the winds

Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Ind...

Relief shown pictorially. Has the word "Americam" in South America. Appears in the author's Cosmographiae universalis. Basel, Switzerland. 1559. Woodcut. Includes illustrations. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined. M... more

Von den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Inseln geleg...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink: "From an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, 1597 or later. Bought f... more

Map from BL Royal 6 C I, f. 108v

Detail of a diagram of a 'T-O' map of the inhabited world, showing the relative positions of the three continents. Image taken from f. 108v of Etymologiae. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Royal 12 F IV, f. 135v

Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map). Image taken from f. 135v of Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii s... more

Volvelle from BL Harley 941, f. 29v

Volvelle for calculating Easter, other movable feasts, Sunday letters, the Golden Number and the leap year, with a figure (a woman?) in the centre. Image taken from f. 29v of A literary and scientific miscellan... more