Mappa Mundi - Types of mappae Mundi

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".

Read more about this topic:  Mappa Mundi

Famous quotes containing the word types:

    “Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other—only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.”
    —Talcott Parsons (1902–1979)