Al-Idrisi's twelfth-century map & description of eastern England -- new brief post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/03/al-idrisi-twelfth-century-map.html …pic.twitter.com/zr0gIOcS6X
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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
@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
"King Henry cut a large canal from Torksey–Lincoln, & by causing the river Trent to flow into it, made it navigable" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VSADAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA602&pg=PA602#v=onepage&q&f=false …
so much for the claims of Bridgewater and Sankey!
Al-Idrisi's 12thC account also offers one of first refs to Boston (Lincs)+seems to mention the surrounding Barditchpic.twitter.com/NyGFUpJBWC
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