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Interesting Wikipedia article, and thanks for steering us to it, John. But the Theophanes in that article lived from the mid- to late-14th century and the inscription on the map in question (at least as I read it) dates it to 1205. I suspect it must be another Theophanes. What do others think? -Len Berggren On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM, John W. Docktor <[email protected]>wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > Wikipedia has some information about him - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanes_the_Greek > > John Docktor > > On 4/10/2010 3:26 PM, Bob Karrow wrote: > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > > > > This little snippet of a map was published in Guillaume Libri's "Monuments > inédits ou peu connus..." 2d ed. (London, 1864). > It has the caption "Geographical map of the XIIIth century on vellum by > Theophanes, a Greek artist, who has inscribed the Latin names in Greek > letters." The introduction gives no clue as to its source, nor have I been > able > to identify a 13th-century Theophanes. > The "facsimile" is clearly a redrawing. Can anyone identify the > source?[image: Theophanes map] > > -- > Robert W. Karrow, Jr. > Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps > The Newberry Library > 60 West Walton Street > Chicago, Illinois 60610-7324 > [email protected] > Phone: 312-255-3554 > Fax: 312-255-3646 > Search our map catalog at www.biblioserver.com/newberry > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing > [email protected]http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > > > -- > John W. Docktor > Phone: 772-466-8706 > > Cartography - Calendars of Events & Exhibitions: http://www.docktor.com/ > Washington Map Society: http://www.washmap.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > -- J. L. Berggren Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University 8888 University Dr. Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 phone: 604-936-2268 fax: 604-936-2168
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