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Medieval Cartography and Cosmology - The Case of the Ebstorf Worldmap: description

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Prof. Ernst Hellgardt

 Sunday, 23/03
Arrival
 Monday, 24/03
9-12 h: Types of medieval worldmaps
(T-O-scheme, zone-maps, climate-maps, mixed type [so-called Beatus-maps])
15-18 h: General view on the Ebstorf worldmap
 Tuesday, 25/03
9-12 h: Biblical sources of the Ebstorfmap
(Genesis, Exodus, Jesaias, Hiob, Psalms, Proverbia, Matthew, Epistles of Paulus, Apokalypsis)
Sources from the churchfathers
(Hieronymus, Augustinus, Orosius, Kosmas Indikopleustes, Isidor of Sevilla)
15-18 h: Literary sources of ancient pagan authors (Krates of Mallos, Sallustius, Lucanus, Macrobius, Martianus Capella)
 Wendsday, 26/03
This day should be kept for free disposal
 Thursday, 27/03
9-12 h: Transmission, loss and reconstruction of the Ebstorfmap
Technical production of the original Ebstorfmap
Which was/were the original function/s of the Ebstorfmap?
15-18 h: Considering selected sections of the Ebstorfmap en detail
 Thursday, 27/03
9-12 h: Considering selected sections of the Ebstorfmap en detail
15-18 h: Considering selected sections of the Ebstorfmap en detail
 Friday, 28/03
9-12 h: Special subjects documented on the Ebstormap 1
- topography of salvation history (Gog and Magog, Jerusalem …)
- biblical/historical persons
- waters (ocean, rivers, lakes)
- mountains
- towns
15-19 h: Special subjects documented on the Ebstormap 2
biblical persons
historical persons
animals, plants
monsters
 Saturday, 29/03
Day of departure

Selected Bibliography
Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte. Kommentierte Neuausgabe in zwei Bänden. Hg. von Hartmut Kugler unter Mitarbeit von Sanja Glauch und Antje Willing. Digitale Bildbearbeitung: Thomas Zapf. Band I: Atlas. Band II: Untersuchungen und Kommentar. Berlin 2007.
Arentzen, Jörg-Geerd Imago mundi cartographica. Studien zur Bildlichkeit mittelalterlicher Welt- und Ökumenekarten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Zusammenwirkens von Text und Bild München 1984.
von den Brincken, Anna Dorothee, Studien zur imago mundi des abendländischen Mittelalter. DA 24 (1968), 118-186
von den Brinken, Anna-Dorothee von den: Kartographische Quellen. Welt-, See- und Regionalkarten. Brepols 1988.
Edson, Evelyn, Savage-Smith, Emilie, von den Brincken, Anna-Dorothee, Der mittelalterliche Kosmos. Karten der christlichen und islamischen Welt, Darmstadt 2005, S.67ff
Englisch, Brigitte, Ordo orbis terrae. Die Weltsicht in den Mappae mundi des frühen und hohen Mittelalters. Berlin 2002.
Kugler, Hartmut: Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte. Ein europäisches Weltbild im deutschen MA. ZfdA 116 (1987), 1-29.
Kugler, Hartmut, Ein Weltbild vor Columbus. Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte ; interdisziplinäres Colloquium 1988 1991 Weinheim (Acta Humaniora) ISBN/ISSN/ISMN 3-527-17670-5 1 Kt. Regensbg.Syst. RB 10217 Regensbg.Syst. ND 8570.

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