Dear all
List member may be interested in a weekend course being run in November
by the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge entitled:
"Mapping The Middle Ages"
The course tutor is Dr Lucy Donkin.
The course description is as follows:
"The course explores the medieval worldview through a wide range of
cartographical material, from illustrated itineraries to mappaemundi,
paying particular attention to the treatment of the British Isles.
Questions of context and function will be discussed with reference to
the ways in which the maps reflect geographical knowledge; express
religious and cultural ideas; and represent the past and present."
Booking information, dates and costs can be found at:
http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/courses/coursedetails.php?id=1036
Anne
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Anne Taylor
Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR
Tel: 01223-333041. Fax: 01223-333160. email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/
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