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Book SynopsisMedieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic cultures are both notable for the wealth and diversity of their geographical literature, yet to date there has been relatively little attempt to compare medieval Christian and Islamic mapping traditions in a detailed manner. Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World offers a timely assessment of the level of interaction between the two traditions across a range of map genres, including world and regional maps, maps of the seven climes, and celestial cartography. Through a mixture of synthesis and case study, the volume makes the case for significant but limited cultural transfer. Contributors are: Elly Dekker; Jean-Charles Ducène; Alfred Hiatt; Yossef Rapoport; Stefan Schröder; Emmanuelle Vagnon.
Trade Review"This compact and informative edited volume of six chapters contributes greatly to our understanding of comparative cartography in the later Middle Ages." - Zayde Antrim, in: Der Islam, vol. 99, no. 2 (2022).
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World Alfred Hiatt 1 The Transmission of Theoretical Geography: Maps of the Climata and the Reception of De causis Proprietatum Elementorum Alfred Hiatt 2 Ptolemy’s Geography in the Arabic-Islamic Context Jean-Charles Ducène 3 The Transmission of Celestial Cartography from the Arabic-Islamic World to Europe: The Celestial Maps in MS Schoenberg ljs 057 Elly Dekker 4 Geography at the Crossroads: The Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq of al-Idrīsī Alfred Hiatt 5 Transitional” or “Transcultural” Maps? The Function and Impact of Arabic-Islamic Elements in Latin Christian Cartography of the Early Fourteenth Century Stefan Schröder 6 Pluricultural Sources of the Catalan Atlas Emmanuelle Vagnon Conclusion: Divergent Traditions Alfred Hiatt and Yossef Rapoport Bibliography Index
