DianeOD
Matthew Paris - Opicinus?
Sounds as if his work might be sort-of related to that of Opicinus.
Opicinus was, if I recall - don't take my word for it though - of Saxon? or Anglo extraction, assigned to the Monastery of St. Victor - the residence college for monastic students at the University of Paris...
His maps and diagrams are amazing - sort of cross between much later cards that have 'human' forms for continents, and the arcane diagram forms we associate with magic or astrology. Not unlike Scot's diagrams, actually.
I guess that big cartography site (henrydavis?) might have some online. Will see what I can find, and return.
Sounds as if his work might be sort-of related to that of Opicinus.
Opicinus was, if I recall - don't take my word for it though - of Saxon? or Anglo extraction, assigned to the Monastery of St. Victor - the residence college for monastic students at the University of Paris...
His maps and diagrams are amazing - sort of cross between much later cards that have 'human' forms for continents, and the arcane diagram forms we associate with magic or astrology. Not unlike Scot's diagrams, actually.
I guess that big cartography site (henrydavis?) might have some online. Will see what I can find, and return.