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Fra’ Mauro’s World Map


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CODE: Signum_mplfrma

Price: 415,00 ($518.75)
Signum Firenze

 
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Fra’ Mauro’s World Map This map of the world is the symbol of medieval Cartography. It was begun by Fra’ Mauro and completed by his disciples which is certified by the fact that the monk died in 1459 and on the back of the map an inscription dates it back to 25th August 1460. The map, originally drawn on parchment and mounted on wood in a square frame which measured 223 cm each side, was enriched by about 400 inscriptions with descriptions and information on a number of places in the world according to the geographical knowledge of the period, that is before the discovery of America. Europe, Africa and Asia are the continents represented. The orientation of the map is significantly interesting from an historic and cartographic point of view: it is not oriented to the East which was the current practice of the Christian tradition but to the South according to the arab map-making tradition. On the four corners there are illustrations representing the medieval concepts of the Tolemaic and Aristotelian homcentrieity system. Particularly interesting are the images on the bottom left hand corner which illustrate the Earthly Paradise and the Earth as it is described in the Scriptures. Our map has been realized according to the techniques common to all our maps.

Signum Bookbindery

  Signum Bookbindery

Our company, founded for almost two decades, is based on the principles for the use and disclosure of the historical-artistic and cultural tradition of Florentine craftsmanship; Signum realizes, in fact, high-quality products characterized by strict production at hand, from the pregevolezza materials, the refinement of design. Unique objects still closely tied to the historical manufacturing tradition of Florence, capable of arousing the pleasurable sensations of a distant and fascinating world, renewed each time, for example, the pleasant smell of leather to the touch or perception of granulation of the paper. In the last decade we have concentrated mainly on the production of leather bookbinding and paper keeping alive the link with the techniques and materials of the past with the wisdom of the historical craft tradition perpetrated on our master bookbinder, a talented craftsman who has increased its expertise and knowledge during long periods of activity as a restorer at the National Library in Florence. In our catalog are also present useful items to learn the ancient techniques a writer but also reproductions of historical maps of planispheres, as well as pleasing playful items like puzzles, dolls and colorful kaleidoscopes. The purpose of Signum since its inception has been to satisfy our customers with elegant and unique, but also pamper yourself with the pleasant and renewed evidence of our precious and illustrious past.

  
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