An authoritative interpretation of the most elaborate world map surviving from before the fifteenth century. The Mappa Mundi presents a fascinating view of the

Mappa mundi texts and images present a panorama of the medieval world-view, c.1300; the Hereford map studied in close detail. Filled with information and lore,

"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, by Yale University Press, New Haven and London."