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Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display) Ebstorf Nuns Originally produced around 1300 the Ebstorf map with its enormous dimensions (over 3m x 3m and made up of thirty goatskin parchment sheets) was the largest world map known from the Middle-Ages. It was destroyed (though several color facsimiles survive) in 1943 by Allied bombing of Hanover during World War II. The Ebstorf map was thought to have been created by Gervase of Tilbury, an English priest. Through further analysis, a great majority of sources think the Ebstorf Map was created by the nuns of the Ebstorf Monastery in northern Germany. From: UF x Design (2023) Ebstorf Map. The People's Graphic Design Archive. https://peoplesgdarchive.org/item/10144/ebstorf-map

Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display) Ebstorf Nuns Originally produced around 1300 the Ebstorf map with its enormous dimensions (over 3m x 3m and made up of thirty goatskin parchment sheets) was the largest world map known from the Middle-Ages. It was destroyed (though several color facsimiles survive) in 1943 by Allied bombing of Hanover during World War II. The Ebstorf map was thought to have been created by Gervase of Tilbury, an English priest. Through further analysis, a great majority of sources think the Ebstorf Map was created by the nuns of the Ebstorf Monastery in northern Germany. From: UF x Design (2023) Ebstorf Map. The People's Graphic Design Archive. https://peoplesgdarchive.org/item/10144/ebstorf-map

On the night of 8 October 1943 during an Allied air raid, a fire bomb hit the State Archives of Lower Saxony in Hanover (North Germany). The buildin was compleatly destroyed, including the safe cellars where the Gerans preserved many of thier histrical trasures. Among thes treasures was one of the most astonishing products of medieval cartography known -- a lavishly decorated mappa mundi (late thriteenth century) engraved on thrity peices of goat skin sewn together and extending over more than twelve square meters. Hoogvliet, Margriet. (1996). The Mystery of the Makers, Did Nuns Make the Ebstorf Map?, Mercator’s World, Vol. 1, Num. 6, pp. 16-24.

On the night of 8 October 1943 during an Allied air raid, a fire bomb hit the State Archives of Lower Saxony in Hanover (North Germany). The buildin was compleatly destroyed, including the safe cellars where the Gerans preserved many of thier histrical trasures. Among thes treasures was one of the most astonishing products of medieval cartography known -- a lavishly decorated mappa mundi (late thriteenth century) engraved on thrity peices of goat skin sewn together and extending over more than twelve square meters. Hoogvliet, Margriet. (1996). The Mystery of the Makers, Did Nuns Make the Ebstorf Map?, Mercator’s World, Vol. 1, Num. 6, pp. 16-24.

A collage of "Mercator's World" The magazine of maps, atlases, globes and charts. Published from 1996 to 2003. Published by Aster Publishing, Eugene, OR. Mercator's World magazine was founded by Edward Aster and published 44 issues from 1996-2003. The publication is an authoritative reference resource with many articles and illustrations covering a wide range of topics about antique maps, mapmakers, and exploration as well as modern mapmaking. From: Old World Auctions https://www.oldworldauctions.com/catalog/lot/154/807

A collage of "Mercator's World" The magazine of maps, atlases, globes and charts. Published from 1996 to 2003. Published by Aster Publishing, Eugene, OR. Mercator's World magazine was founded by Edward Aster and published 44 issues from 1996-2003. The publication is an authoritative reference resource with many articles and illustrations covering a wide range of topics about antique maps, mapmakers, and exploration as well as modern mapmaking. From: Old World Auctions https://www.oldworldauctions.com/catalog/lot/154/807

Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display)
Ebstorf Nuns For more info/links: #cartobibliography tinyurl.com/34hn54c3 #EbstorfNuns #EbstorfMap #MapDayMay25 William C. Wonders Map Collection #WCWMC ... and a shout-out to those who once churned the pages of "Mercator's World (1996-2003)

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