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Next up is a visit to Hereford Cathedral.
I've been meaning to go to see this marvel of the Medieval World since about 1982 but have never got round to it before.
This is a high resolution upload so you can zoom in and hopefully see some of the detail. It's not an easy thing to photograph as it's behind glass in a darkened room with reflections from spotlights. It's not flat, being on vellum, is damaged in places and has gone very yellow because of it's age.
The map was made in about 1300 by Richard of Haldingham. It shows the World according to the beliefs of medieval Christianity. Jerusalem sits in the middle and East is at the top. By modern standards it is very inaccurate and indeed Ptolemy had produced a much more accurate map of the World with North at the top back in 150AD suggesting that Richard of Haldingham had not seen a copy. Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi, that I went to see in Venice at the beginning of the year, and which dates from 1450 is much more accurate having benefited from Portolan Chart information as well as Ptolomey's map but like this also doesn't have North at the top . ( see comment below for link)
The map was not created as a navigational aid but rather as a work of art to tell and explain Christian beliefs at the time. It has been displayed in Hereford Cathedral since it was made as a sort of altar piece. Hereford itself, is shown on the map but is very faint, thought to be the result of being rubbed off by prying fingers over the centuries pointing out "You are here".
I've annotated the photo with a number of places and things you can see and you can follow the links below for more information.
A sport of the Apothecary’s Rose, with red and white stripes, is known as Rosa mundi, named in honor of Fair Rosamond, the mistress of Henry II. According to legend, Rosamond was murdered by Henry’s jealous wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, using a poison that was added to an oil made from the Apothecary’s Rose and the white rose that would become the symbol of the House of York. The stripes represent the two roses
Harmonices Mundi
Die ganze Natur ist mit Wonne erfüllt
In der Welt um uns her ist viel verborgene Musik
Im Kosmos erklingen die Planetenbahnen
In seltenen Intervallen singen alle Himmelskörper
gemeinsam
Harmonie und Kongruenz, Phänomene der Physik
Im Glücke alles singt und klingt
Von den Schluchten wird aufgenommen
und verstärkt der Lobgesang
Der Begnadete glüht im kosmischen Einklang
Die Weltharmonik bewegt die Seele der Erde
Die Schöpfung eine Orgel
im Einfluss der Wandelgestirne
Erfüllt in Wechselwirkung das ganze Sein
mit Wohlklang zum Lobe
Werden bald entdeckt
die übergeordneten Akkorde
[Gökce, Elvin Karda: Zwischen Wurm und Weltenall, 2024]
spettacolo vergognoso in via Prenestina
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Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Western civilization and by some as the first ever metropolis. It is referred to as "Roma Aeterna" (The Eternal City) and "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World), two central notions in ancient Roman culture.
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