Mappa Mundi
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Mappa Mundi is a famous medieval world map, created around 1300, that depicts a Christian-centric view of the known world and is housed in Hereford Cathedral in England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mappa Mundi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8595771 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mappa Mundi Context triple: [Hereford Cathedral, knownFor, Mappa Mundi]
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Siegfried Map
The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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Piri Reis map
The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
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E.
The Keys of Marinus
The Keys of Marinus is a 1964 six-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Terry Nation and featuring the First Doctor on a quest across an alien world to recover powerful micro-keys.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mappa Mundi Target entity description: Mappa Mundi is a famous medieval world map, created around 1300, that depicts a Christian-centric view of the known world and is housed in Hereford Cathedral in England.
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A.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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B.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Siegfried Map
The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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D.
Piri Reis map
The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
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E.
The Keys of Marinus
The Keys of Marinus is a 1964 six-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Terry Nation and featuring the First Doctor on a quest across an alien world to recover powerful micro-keys.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval mappa mundi
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world map ⓘ |
| approximateCreationDate | circa 1300 ⓘ |
| artStyle | medieval Gothic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| creationPeriod |
early 14th century
ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ |
| creatorAttributedTo | Richard of Haldingham and Lafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | medieval Christian Europe ⓘ |
| currentCity | Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Hereford Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem at the centre of the world ⓘ biblical events ⓘ cities ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ monstrous races ⓘ mountains ⓘ rivers ⓘ seas and oceans ⓘ |
| depicttype | T-O map NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| display | exhibited in a dedicated Mappa Mundi and Chained Library building at Hereford Cathedral ⓘ |
| function |
didactic religious map
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visual encyclopaedia of medieval knowledge ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.59 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UK national treasure ⓘ |
| housedIn | Hereford Cathedral Library and Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | extensive explanatory legends ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Latin ⓘ |
| material |
calfskin
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vellum ⓘ |
| name | Hereford Mappa Mundi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Jerusalem placed at the centre of the world
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combination of geography, history, and theology ⓘ east-oriented with the Garden of Eden at the top ⓘ |
| orientation | east at the top ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well preserved but fragile ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ebstorf Mappa Mundi
NERFINISHED
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Hereford Cathedral chained library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlySignificance |
key source for the study of medieval cartography
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largest known surviving medieval mappa mundi ⓘ |
| script | Latin ⓘ |
| width | approximately 1.34 metres ⓘ |
| worldview |
Christian-centric
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medieval European ⓘ |
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Subject: Mappa Mundi Description of subject: Mappa Mundi is a famous medieval world map, created around 1300, that depicts a Christian-centric view of the known world and is housed in Hereford Cathedral in England.
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