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Dear Mr. McIlroy: What a beautiful piece! Thanks for sharing it with us. You are right--Asia is usually on top in the T-O configuration, but occasionally not. An example of Asia at the bottom is in a manuscript of Sallust, The Jugurthine War, at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Rawl. G.44, fol. 17v. Evelyn Edson Professor Emerita of History Piedmont Virginia Community College Address: 268 Springtree Lane Scottsville, VA 24590 (434) 286-3466 ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Doug McIlroy Sent: Thu 4/21/2011 5:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MapHist] magnificent cartifact 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 + Among the profusion of treasures in "Kings, Queens, and Courtiers", an exhibit at the Art institute of Chicago, is a gleaming silver gilt monstrance from the St Martinus basilica in Halle, commissioned by the dauphin Louis XI in 1460. Supporting an elaborate cross is a sumptuous T-in-O diagram, unusual not only for its (tasteful) extravagance, but for its layout. The diagram is "occidented", with the vertical Mediterranean at the top and Asia at the bottom. The bar of the T is an arc, concave towards Asia. An image is on line at http://www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg.asp?i=15010413+&cr=3&cl=1 In it you can see silver scrolls suspended on gold chains, which bear the names of the continents. Golden waves lap the shores of the continental voids. I don't recall having seen this "upside-down" configuration before. Does it occur elsewhere? Doug McIlroy _______________________________________________ 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 <http://www.maphist.nl/> Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise be protected by law. Any access, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized and prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient (or an agent acting on an intended recipient?s behalf), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy all copies of the original message. Virus scanning is recommended on all email attachments.
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