Fwiw, identifications of the English towns depicted here by al-Idrisi are now included in the caption to the map on the above post :)
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The Bodleian Library's copy of al-Idrisi's map of eastern England etc, from MS Pococke 375: http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ODLodl~23~23~127035~142847:North-and-West-of-England …pic.twitter.com/AzyRSSniWn
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The complete 12thC Arabic map of England is spread over multiple folios; stitched together, it looks like this (n.b. north is at the top, with the long peninsula on the right being Cornwall & that at the bottom being Scotland).pic.twitter.com/n5wU6IjFww
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you mean south is at the top :)
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Argh! Yes, you're right! :)
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Interestingly, further south, al-Idrisi has nothing to say of London, but Hastings = 'flourishing & handsome' w/ 'markets & rich merchants'!
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@caitlinrgreen Evidence of a trade link? What did Hastings supply? -
@peterctid1965 Hastings an excellent shore for landing boats.Not about supply per se; about shore-gradients & currents ;)@caitlinrgreen
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Foss Dyke canal, Lincolnshire; renovated 1121 by Henry I+seems to be mentioned by al-Idrisi http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4930913 pic.twitter.com/rzIOH8qavh
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Foss Dyke often thought Roman, esp as Mars statuette found, tho' 10thC date also proposed... http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1362010&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/wzV5MxdQUa
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@caitlinrgreen 10th century seems unlikely, but 12th+ seems possible (compare with eg Notre Dame statues showing Antique influence)? -
@DorothyKing Oops, no, meant canal (Foss dyke) may be 10thC! :) Interesting idea that statuette might be 12thC tho', as dyke renovated then! -
@caitlinrgreen but still, good to remember rediscovery of Antiquity started long before the Renaissance! -
@DorothyKing Absolutely! :) The rather interesting inscription also suggests real in this case, though, I think? :)pic.twitter.com/McQS9VkvE8
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Al-Idrisi's 12thC map of England, from L13/E14thC copy BnF Arabe 2221 f.338v-339r (S at top) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000547t/f623.item …pic.twitter.com/vQKTQqjbw3
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Al-Idrisi's full 12thC world map, w/ Britain on the far right, bottom edge of the world: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/a/a1/20141217140029%21TabulaRogeriana_upside-down.jpg …pic.twitter.com/QNjvoKHlHu
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By way of contrast, here's an 11thC Anglo-Saxon world map w/ Britain on the bottom left edge http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/06/maps-monsters-and-marvels.html …pic.twitter.com/EIvdgew0Zf
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Detail of Britain on 11thC map; Winchester+London marked & SW peninsula is exagerrated, as it is on al-Idrisi's mappic.twitter.com/vBeandW7a4
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I wonder how Ireland wound up southeast of the Isle of Wight. That would be one heck of a tectonic shift!
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On al-Idrisi's map? Don't forget, north is at bottom, so is showing it west of Cornwall :)
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Oh! Well that's completely different! Ireland IS west of Cornwall, the last time I checked!
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