Overview

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.

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Author:   Alfred Hiatt
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9789004444911

ISBN 10:   9004444912
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   17 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

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""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).

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).

Author Information

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).

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