Hereford Mappa Mundi with small white borders
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Hereford Mappa Mundi with small white borders
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Hereford Mappa Mundi with small white borders
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the grandest medieval map known. It reveals how thirteenth century scholars viewed the world in religious and geographical ways. Jerusalem is at the center. Images of mankind’s history and natural wonders of the world were drawn in. It was made around 1300 AD.