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The Tabula Rogeriana: a medieval world map from Norman Sicily
Original: La Tabula Rogeriana Si tratta di un mappamondo in 70 fogli realizzato dal geografo e viaggiatore arabo Muhammad al-Idris
The Tabula Rogeriana is a world map in 70 sheets drawn by the Arab geographer and traveller Muhammad al-Idrisi in the 12th century. It was commissioned by Roger II of Sicily and forms an appendix to the so-called Book of Roger, one of the most advanced geographic works of the Middle Ages. Interest in the map centres on its remarkable accuracy and on the cultural encounter between Arab scholarship and the Norman court in Palermo that produced it.
Why now: The map is being shared as a striking example of medieval Arab-European scientific collaboration, likely in connection with discussions of Sicily's multicultural heritage.
Tabula RogerianaMuhammad al-IdrisiRoger II of SicilyPalermo
Evidence
- La Tabula Rogeriana Si tratta di un mappamondo in 70 fogli realizzato dal geografo e viaggiatore arabo Muhammad al-Idrisi. La straordinaria carta geografica è un allegato del cosiddetto Libro di re Ruggero, un’opera commissionata ad Al-Idrisi da Ruggero II di Sicilia e su cui… · panormus@sharkey.palermo.nohost.me · 11
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