MAPPING THE END: THE APOCALYPSE IN MEDIEVAL CARTOGRAPHY

Medieval cartographic materials disclose in their portrait of the world a clear emphasis on the coming End of the World: mankind has reached the western limits of the earth; the tribes of Gog and Magog, enclosed by Alexander the Great, are impatient to invade the inhabited world; Enoch and Elijah ar...

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Published in:Literature & theology 2012-12, Vol.26 (4), p.400-416
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