Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World, 1100-1500: Divergent Traditions

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Alfred Hiatt

Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World, 1100-1500

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Brill
17 June 2021

Historical maps & atlases

Series: Maps, Spaces, Cultures

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.

Volume editor: Alfred Hiatt
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9789004444911
ISBN 10: 9004444912
Series: Maps, Spaces, Cultures
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 17 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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).

Reviews for Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World, 1100-1500: Divergent Traditions

""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).