Description: Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-century Venice by Angelo Cattaneo Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A compendium of knowledge of the Earth and the Cosmos of the fifteenth century. It constructs complex set of frameworks within which to situate Fra Mauros monumental effort. It addresses the Venetian reception of Ptolemys "Geography", the interactions between Venetian art, theology and cosmography and the complexities of the Venetian vernacular. Publisher Description "Fra Mauros mappamundi", drawn around 1450 in the monastery of San Michele on Murano in the lagoon of Venice, is among the most relevant compendia of knowledge of the Earth and the Cosmos of the fifteenth century. By examining literary, visual, textual and archival evidences, some long considered lost, this book places the map within the larger context of Venetian culture in the fifteenth century. It provides a detailed analysis of both its main sources (auctores veteres such as Pliny, Solinus, Ptolemy, and novi, like Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Marco Polo and Niccolo de Conti) as well as of the composite networks of contemporary knowledge (scholasticism, humanism, monastic culture, as well as more technical skills such as marine cartography and mercantile practices), investigating the way they combine in the epistemological unity of the imago mundi. More a work on intellectual history than cartography, the book constructs a complex set of frameworks within which to situate Fra Mauros monumental effort.These range from the cultural history of the reception of the world map from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries to the analysis of the material conditions under which map-makers such as Fra Mauro worked; from the history of ideas, especially of natural philosophy to the links between world representations and travel literature. It also addresses the Venetian reception of Ptolemys "Geography", the interactions between Venetian art, theology and cosmography and the complexities of the Venetian vernacular. The books develops a multi-tiered approach, in which different elements of the rich cultural context in which this world map was created, interact with each other, each casting a new light on the encyclopaedic work being analyzed. Author Biography Angelo Cattaneo, who holds a Ph.D. in History from the European University Institute in Florence, is a researcher at the Centro de Historia de Alem-Mar of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Center for Overseas History of the New University of Lisbon). Currently he is studying the global circulation of knowledge, technology and material culture from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, particularly cosmography, cartography and travel literature. He is the author of Mappa mundi 1457 (Rome, 2008). He also co-edited the volumes The Making of European Cartography (Florence, 2003) and, with Nathalie Bouloux and Patrick Gautier Dalche, Humanisme et decouvertes geographiques (Medievales 58, 2010). Details ISBN 2503523781 ISBN-13 9782503523781 Title Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-century Venice Author Angelo Cattaneo Format Hardcover Year 2011 Pages 470 Publisher Brepols N.V. GE_Item_ID:138822605; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9782503523781
Book Title: Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-century Venice
Number of Pages: 470 Pages
Publication Name: Fra Mauro's Mappamundi and Fifteenth-Century Venetian Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Subject: Cartography, Customs & Traditions, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 9.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: A. S. Cattaneo
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Format: Hardcover
