Rome's world : the Peutinger map reconsidered / Richard J.A. Talbert ; in association with Tom Elliott ; assisted by Nora Harris [and others] ; with a contribution by Martin Steinmann.

Main entry:

Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-

Title & Author:

Rome's world : the Peutinger map reconsidered / Richard J.A. Talbert ; in association with Tom Elliott ; assisted by Nora Harris [and others] ; with a contribution by Martin Steinmann.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Description:

xviii, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-345) and index.
The surviving copy: history, publication, scholarship -- The surviving copy: the material object and its paleography -- The design and character of the map -- Recovery of the original map from the surviving copy -- Conclusion: the map's place in classical and medieval cartography.
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Summary:

From back cover: "The Peutinger Map is the only map of the Roman world to come down to us from antiquity. An elongated object, full of colorful detail and featuring land routes across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, it was rediscovered mysteriously around 1500 and the came into the ownership of Konrad Peutinger, for whom it is named. Today it is among the treasures of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Richard J.A. Talbert's Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered offers a long overdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the map as a masterpiece of both mapmaking and imperial Roman ideology. Here, the ancient world's traditional span, from the Atlantic to India, is dramatically remolded; lands and routes take pride of place, whereas seas are compressed. Talbert posits that the map's true purpose was not to assist travelers along Rome's highways, but rather to celebrate the restoration of peace and order by Diocletian's Tetrarchy. Such creative cartography, he shows, influenced the development of medieval mapmaking. With the aid of digital technology, this book enables readers to engage with the Peutinger Map in all of its fascinating immensity more closely than ever before."

Resources:
Digital accompaniment

ISBN:

9780521764803 (hardback)
0521764807 (hardback)

Subject:

Peutinger, Konrad, 1465-1546 or 1547.
Peutinger table.
Early maps Rome.
Roads, Roman.
Cartes anciennes Rome.
Voies romaines.
Geography.
Early maps
Kartor Romerska riket.
Vägar historia Romerska riket.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

Early maps
Cartes anciennes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275189
Call No.: BIB 209220
Status: Available

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