The Medieval World View: Contemplating the Mappamundi

Abstract

Abstract Looking at a medieval mappamundi (or world map ) is a disorienting experience. Oriented to the east, displaying unfamiliar geographical forms and blanketed with images of strange animals and monstrous humans , it does not correspond to our modern concept of a world map. In the late 19 th century scholars of the history of cartography dismissed medieval maps as a sign of ignorance. More recent studies have cast new light on these complex symbolic constructions, and scholars are searching for insights into medieval concepts of time and space , as well as clues to the ways in which knowledge of ancient geography was transmitted to the medieval intellectual world.

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