Art and Optics in the Hereford Map / Marcia Kupfer.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, by Yale University Press, [2016]
Physical Description:
i x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-212) and indexes.
Contents:
An Ornament for the Church -- The Draftsman's compasse and God's Creation -- Wonder -- Specula -- Speculum -- Sion-Speculatio and the Multiplication of Species -- In conspectus dei -- Coda: Speculum sine macula -- Cartographic Figurae -- The Specular Conceit Exported.
Subject Terms:
Hereford mappa mundi. | Optics and art -- England -- Hereford -- History -- To 1500. | Creation in art. | Christian art and symbolism -- England -- Hereford -- Medieval, 500-1500.