Rethinking The Peutinger Map
Emily Albu
The Peutinger map is a of the inhabited world from Britain to Sri Lanka, drawn c. 1200 C.E. onto parchment roll nearly seven meters long and 32 34 centimeters high. Carolingian rulers had ample motivation for commissioning display their Roman imperial ambitions, while ninth-century scribes expertise resources necessary creating an antiquarian work based on itinerary lists. This chapter extends that argument by highlighting probable site production both original its extant tcopy,t our map. It begins with few words about early medieval maps. Reichenau, Benedictine monastery in southern Germany, was one great centers renaissance. Reichenau scriptorium nurtured passion manuscript as meditative activity cared soul even it produced valuable often beautiful texts. Keywords: Carolingian; map;
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