Date/Time
Date(s) - 6 Dec 2011
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
19 University Place
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Andrea Worm (Princeton) presents “Mapping Universal History in the World – Map of the Rudimentum Novitiorum” in the Distinguished Lecture Series of the Medieval and Renaissance Center of NYU.
The Rudimentum Novitiorum, a world chronicle compiled by an anonymous author in Lubeck and printed there by Lucas Brandis in 1475, was among the earliest printed books with lavish woodcut illustration. Its decoration comprises more than 100 woodcuts, among them two maps: one mappamundi, and one map of the Holy Land. Both maps are the first printed examples of their kind: the mappamundi is the first printed world map, the map of Palestine the first printed regional map. Since the map of the world stands in the iconographic tradition of the circular medieval mappaemundi it has been regarded old-fashioned and backwards. It is questionable, however, if such categories are really applicable and helpful. The paper will explore both, the map’s iconography and its place within the history of cartography, but also address questions of context and intended audience.
(Room 222 in 19 University Place, 6:30 — refreshments will be served)
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