Saturday, March 30, 2013

jothelibrarian: Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a...





jothelibrarian:



Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a fifteenth century map of England, Wales and Scotland. Confusingly, Scotland is at the bottom. Can you spot the cathedral city of St Andrews? And look, there’s Canterbury at the top. Can you see Ely, surrounded by water? What a beautiful book.


Image source: British Library MS Harley 1808. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.



15th century.




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