Types of mappae Mundi
Extant mappae mundi come in several distinct varieties, including:
- Zonal or Macrobian maps
- Tripartite or "T-O" maps
- Quadripartite maps (including the Beatus maps)
- complex maps
Medieval world maps which share some characteristics of traditional mappae mundi but contain elements from other sources, including Portolan charts and Ptolemy's Geography are sometimes considered a fifth type, called "transitional mappae mundi".
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