Psalter card - a card from the psalms (on the first page) of the early 1260s. Stored at the British Library in London . Diameter is 31.5 inches. It was probably made in Westminster Abbey in the second half of the 13th century (after 1262, but no later than the mid-1260s) [1] .
Description
The map contains about 145 geographical names. Signature: L. Bl. Add. 28681. f. 9 [1] .
Above the map - the earthly sphere - rises a half-length image of Jesus Christ surrounded by angels burning incense . In his left hand the Savior holds a globe similar to the model of the medieval map of the T — O type (a T-shaped cross is inscribed in a circle), a miniature is placed in the eastern part of the map [1] .
To the left of the miniature of Paradise in the upper part of the map there is a legend - “Sama [ra]” , and nearby (north-east) is the “city of Iazaron” ( lat. C [ivitas] Iazaron ) - the distorted “Khazar city” [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Middle Volga, 2012 , p. fourteen.
Literature
- Fomenko I. K. The first mention of “Samara” in Western European medieval sources (Russian) // Middle Volga region in the context of medieval Russian history: at the crossroads of cultures (end of the 13th-16th centuries): Materials of a scientific-practical conference / Editorial: D A. Stashenkov (ed.), A.F. Kochkina, L.V. Kuznetsova. - Samara : "Etching." Ministry of Culture of the Samara Region, Samara Regional Museum of History and Local Lore named after P.V. Alabin , 2012. - P. 9-23 . - ISBN 978-5-473-00859-3 , BBK T3 (2P354.2) 43ya431 (2P), T3 (2P354.2) 44ya431 (2P), T4 (2) 431.99 Volga.ya431 (2P). -OTRS.
- Harvey PDA Mappa Mundi. The Hereford World Map. Toronto. 1999.P. 29.
- Miller K. Mappae Mundi. Die altesten Weltkarten. Stuttgart. 1895-1898. H. 4. S. 26.
- Morgan NJ Early Gothic Manuscripts, 1250-1285. London 1988. P. 82 - 85.