A coloured map or plan of Palestine, written in about A.D. 1400 in England
With letterpress in various parts and tables of distances: it extends from Sidon and Damascus to beyond the Dead Sea and embraces the country on both sides of the Jordan. It has been reproduced in coloured facsimile (in 1867) for the Roxburghe Club, to accompany William Wey's Itineraries to Jerusalem (A.D. 1458 and 1462): and has been supposed to be Wey's 'Mappa mea de Terra Sancta': but in that case it can hardly have been written, but rather owned, by him, as the date is early 15th cent. or even late 14th. The Itineraries are now MS. Bodl. 565 (O. C. 2351).
Dates
- Creation: written in about A.D. 1400 in England
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 389
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21964
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
84 5/8 × 16 1/4 in. mounted in an oak frame 94 × 26 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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