maps in illuminated manuscript
The British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts has some beautiful maps illustrations.
from Christophoro Buondelmonti- Liber insularum archipelagi 1482
Ptolemaic maps added to the Geographia on inserted leaves Eastern Mediterranean; between 1425 and 1499:
John Hardyng Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI
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These are beautiful finds, Moon darling. I have a new post on aesthetics and dance that I hope you get to read before it vanishes into archives.
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