Wpływ starożytnej schematyzacji mnemotechnicznej na kartografię średniowieczną i wczesnonowożytną

• Authors: Piotr Kochanek

Title variants

EN

The influence of the ancient mnemonic schematisation for medieval and early-modern cartography

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article analyzes the ancient geographical schemes seen on the 75 medieval and early modern maps. Here distinguishes three types of schemes: 1. geographi­cal and geometric, 2. chorographic, 3. topographic. The first type is based on the Globe of Crates of Malos and the acrostic of the name Adam. The second type includes Sicily, having a triangle scheme; Sardinia, having the shape of a human foot; Cyclades and Orkney, taking the form of a circle; Italia, having the shape of a triangle, a quadrangle, bull horns or the famous „Stivale”; Spain also schema­tized in the form of a triangle; Alps presented as ramparts of Italy and the mouth of the Nile, Rhine, Danube, Ganges and Indus in the form of the Greek letter delta. An example of the third type is the Caspian and Nubian Gates. The conclusion of the article is that, among the great number of ancient geographical schemes, me­dieval cartography preserved only those that survived in the encyclopedic works of such authors as Pliny, Solinus, Orosius, Macrobius, Martianus Capella, Isidore of Seville and Rabanus Maurus.

Keywords

PL

kartografia średniowieczna; kartografia wczesnonowożytna; mnemotechnika; schematyzacja

EN

medieval cartography; early-modern cartography; mnemonics; schematisation

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 285-375

Dates

published

2018-12-16

Contributors

author

Piotr Kochanek

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3264