Locations Hereford Mappa Mundi
locations on hereford mappa mundi
detail showing british isles
0 – @ centre of map: jerusalem, above it: crucifix.
1 – paradise, surrounded wall , ring of fire. during world war ii printed in japanese textbooks since paradise appears in location of japan.
2 – ganges , delta.
3 – fabulous island of taphana, interpreted sri lanka or sumatra.
4 – rivers indus , tigris.
5 – caspian sea, , land of gog , magog
6 – babylon , euphrates.
7 – persian gulf.
8 – red sea (painted in red).
9 – noah s ark.
10 – dead sea, sodom , gomorrah, river jordan, coming sea of galilee; above: lot s wife.
11 – egypt river nile.
12 – river nile (?), or possibly allusion equatorial ocean; far outside: land of monstrous races, possibly antipodes.
13 – azov sea rivers don , dnieper; above: golden fleece.
14 – constantinople; left of danube s delta.
15 – aegean sea.
16 – oversized delta of nile alexandria s pharos lighthouse.
17 – legendary norwegian gansmir, skis , ski pole.
18 – greece mt. olympus, athens , corinth
19 – misplaced crete minotaur s circular labyrinth.
20 – adriatic sea; italy rome, honoured popular latin hexameter; roma caput mundi tenet orbis frena rotundi ( rome, head, holds reins of world ).
21 – sicily , carthage, opposing rome, right of it.
22 – scotland.
23 – england.
24 – ireland.
25 – balearic islands.
26 – strait of gibraltar (the pillars of hercules).
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