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A Cartographic Study on the Earthly Paradise Represented in the Medieval Mappaemundi  

Chul, Jung-In (Dept. of Geography Education, College of Education, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.43, no.3, 2008 , pp. 412-431 More about this Journal
Abstract
The achievements of the medieval mappaemundi should be evaluated on their own terms and in the context of their purpose. Medieval mappaemundi expressed christian world view which reflected Augustinian theology. These Christian world view and Greek and Roman classical geography were combined to form the cultural barkground of the medieval mappaemundi. These maps had a function to organize physical space according to religious principles. The Christian concept of the world as a temporal phenomenon, derived from the simultaneous creation of time and space as described in St. Augustin's theology was represented in these maps. The purpose of this paper is to consider geographic characteristics of earthly paradise expressed in medieval mappaemundi and their cartographic characteristics. For this, firstly, we reviewed medieval Christian scholars' opinions on earthly paradise. Secondly, centered on geographic location and representation method, we examined cartographic characteristics of medieval paradise mapping, Thirdly, we considered the shift of paradise according to chronological change. Fourthly, we examined the reason why earthly paradise disappeared from world map after fourteenth century.
Keywords
Medieval Mappaemundi; St.Augustine; Genesis; Garden of Eden; Christian World View;
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