mappa

My favorite so far, a mappa mundi placing Jerusalem at the center of the universe, with the three surrounding continents stretching off like the petals of a trillium.

she's the same little girl that used to hang around my door matociquala 2009

I know it's not a mappa mundi, my writing life comments:

Maybe I should stick to breadcrumb trails Kat Howard 2009

With mappa novus I noticed that the maps were from '07.

MapMania! - SLOG 2008

There found he also a mappa mundi figuring the earth and the seas and the different cities and countries and villages of the world; and he found a vast saloon full of hermetic powder, one drachm of which elixir would turn a thousand drachms of silver into fine gold; likewise a marvellous mirror, great and round, of mixed metals, which had been made for Solomon, son of

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The consul wears a richly-embroidered cloak; his right hand holds a staff surmounted by the Roman eagle, his left the mappa circensis, or napkin used for starting the races in the circus; at his feet are palms and bags of money — prizes for the victors in the games.

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

Though it's unlikely that everybody will now be able to uncover Roman tumuli and overgrown Greek amphitheatres in their backyard from the improved mappa mundi, users will now be able to see buildings in three dimensions--and a file format allows budding Mercators to create their own 3D models of houses, sheds and decks which can then be placed into Google Earth.

Faces Of The Week: June 12-16, 2006Forbes Faces Of The Week: June 12-16, 2006 Forbes.com staff 2006

Since mappa mundi aren't actually orienteering maps, but conceptual ones -- a worldview, rather than a view of the world, if you will -- I think you may still proudly keep your disdain for modern maps while also being fascinated by mappa mundi.

An Idea Proudly Stolen From Michael Berube and Ancrene Wiseass: Random Stuff, on a Friday. Some of it is Fun. Heo 2006

Though it's unlikely that everybody will now be able to uncover Roman tumuli and overgrown Greek amphitheatres in their backyard from the improved mappa mundi, users will now be able to see buildings in three dimensions--and a file format allows budding Mercators to create their own 3D models of houses, sheds and decks which can then be placed into Google Earth.

Schmidt's Google Gets Closer To 3D Model Of Planet Schmidt's Google Gets Closer To 3D Model Of Planet 2006

Quidam in sua mappa Islandi�, 20. millaria comunuo cursu assequi tradit cuiusdam parosci� equos.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Qu騞 autem quidam in mappa Islandi� de prouinca Skagefiord annotauit, sub eodem tecto homines, canes, sues et oues, viuere, partim falsum, partim minim� mirandum est.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003