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Title Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic world, 1100-1500 : divergent traditions / edited by Alfred Hiatt
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Series Maps, spaces, cultures, 2352-7900 ; volume 3
Maps, spaces, cultures.
Contents Introduction: Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World -- Alfred Hiatt -- 1 The Transmission of Theoretical Geography: Maps of the Climata and the Reception of De causis Proprietatum Elementorum -- Alfred Hiatt -- 2 Ptolemy's Geography in the Arabic-Islamic Context -- Jean-Charles Ducène -- 3 The Transmission of Celestial Cartography from the Arabic-Islamic World to Europe: The Celestial Maps in MS Schoenberg ljs 057 -- Elly Dekker -- 4 Geography at the Crossroads: The Nuzhat ­al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq of al-Idrīsī -- Alfred Hiatt -- 5 Transitional" or "Transcultural" Maps? The Function and Impact of Arabic-Islamic Elements in Latin Christian Cartography of the Early Fourteenth Century -- Stefan Schröder -- 6 Pluricultural Sources of the Catalan Atlas -- Emmanuelle Vagnon -- Conclusion: Divergent Traditions -- Alfred Hiatt and Yossef Rapoport -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cartography -- History -- To 1500
Cartography -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
Cartography -- Arab countries -- History -- To 1500
Cartography.
Arab countries.
Europe.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Hiatt, Alfred, editor.
LC no. 2020058313
ISBN 9004446036
9789004446038