Catalan atlas - a map of the world, created in the XIV century; top of the catalan school of medieval cartography . Prepared in Palma de Mallorca around 1375 by a Jew, Abraham Cresques, and his son, Yehuda Cresques, in commissioned by the king of Aragon Juan I. As a gift to the French king, it has long been kept in Paris (now in the National Library of France ).
The atlas originally consisted of six sheets of parchment , which were subsequently cut in half and pulled onto wooden shields. The first pages deal with issues of cosmography , astronomy and astrology (in particular, the spherical shape of the Earth is noted). Practical tips for sailors are also provided.
The last four sheets of the atlas are a detailed portulan map with information on overseas countries by Marco Polo and John Mandeville . According to the Arab tradition, the north is from below . The affiliation of cities is indicated by flags .
Source
- Catalan Atlas (Fr.) . - on the website of the National Library of France. Date of treatment October 20, 2010. Archived on April 6, 2012.
Literature
- Pachkalov A.V. Medieval cities of the Lower Volga and Northern Caucasus. M., 2018.
- Pachkalov A.V. Lower Volga of the Golden Horde time on medieval maps // Islam in the Volga: Encyclopedic Dictionary. Vol. 5. - M .; Nizhny Novgorod, 2012. - (Islam in the Russian Federation).
- Yurchenko A.G. The Mongol Empire on the Catalan Atlas of 1375 // Mongolica - VIII: Collection of articles: Dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the Asian Museum - Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPbF IV RAS) / Comp. and the author of the foreword. I.V. Kulganek ; Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS . - SPb. : Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2008 .-- S. 50-60. - 160 p. - ISBN 978-5-85803-392-9 .
- All inscriptions from the Catalan Atlas are published (in Catalan and translated into French) in the book of the French historian J. A. Bucson ( en: Jean Alexandre Buchon )
- 1st ed .: JAC Buchon. Notice sur un atlas en langue catalane de l'any 1374, conservé parmi les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du Roi . - 1838 .-- P. 144.
- 2nd ed .: JA Buchon. Notice d'un atlas en langue catalane, manuscrit de l'an 1375 conservé parmi les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale sous le numèro 6816, fonds ancien, in-folio maximo . - Imprimerie royale, 1839 .-- P. 152.