{"product_id":"the-mappae-mundi-of-medieval-iceland-studies-in-old-norse-literature-9781843845690","title":"The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland (Studies in Old Norse Literature)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Icelandic mappae mundi (maps of the world)  drawn between c. 1225 and c. 1400  are contemporary with the breathtaking rise of its vernacular literary culture  and provide important insights into the Icelanders capacious geographical awareness in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. However  in comparison with those drawn elsewhere  among them the English Hereford mappa mundi  they have received little critical attention. This book explores the Icelandic mappae mundi not only for what they reveal about the Icelanders geographical awareness  but as complex registers of Icelandic national self-perception and imagining  situating them in their various literary  intellectual  and material contexts. It reveals fully how Icelanders used the cartographic medium to explore fantasies of national origin  their political structures  and place in Europe. The small canon of Icelandic world maps is reproduced here photographically  with their texts presented alongside English translations to enable a wider understanding.  Table of Contents  Introduction The Icelandic hemispherical world maps The Icelandic zonal map The two maps from Viey Iceland in Europe Forty Icelandic Priests and a Map of the World Conclusion Map Texts and Translations Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960560279605,"sku":"ByrdShop_1843845695","price":131.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781843845690.jpg?v=1788291011","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mappae-mundi-of-medieval-iceland-studies-in-old-norse-literature-9781843845690","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}