The peutinger map reconsidered, cambridge and new york. A very ancient document drawn in 1265 by a monk from colmar and made up of 11 parchments scrolls measuring approximately 34 cm high by 6,74 m. Constructing a digital edition for the peutinger map. Index and gazetteer index names and features on the peutinger map pm, or within its scope and mentioned.
The first step is to create a digital version of the peutinger diagram on which we can overlayer the findings as we accumulate them. One of the earliest known maps in history, the tabula peutingeriana, warps europe so. The socalled peutinger map is the only roman world map known to have. Raaflaub is david herlihy university professor, and professor of classics and history, at brown university.
The eleven segments of the map, photographed in 2000, have been stitched together and a grid reference has been laid over the images. Tom elliott, nora harris, and martin steinmann et al. Comparative studies in society and history cssh is an international forum for new research and interpretation concerning problems of recurrent patterning and change in human societies through time and the contemporary world. The peutinger map, a medieval copy of a roman map of the mediterranean. The peutinger map reconsidered, cambridge university press, 2010, 337 pages, 26 plates, 6 fig. The book of curiosities and a unique map of the world. The peutinger map reconsidered offers a longoverdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the map as a masterpiece of both mapmaking and imperial roman. The previous study was published in geographia napocensis x2, 2016, 5156. The peutinger map reconsidered cambridge university press, 2010. These are downloadable raster files for use with a gis software. The only map which has survived in its original form from the roman world is the peutinger map or table as some prefer to call it with dimensions of 22 feet long and only 1 foot wide fragments of a giant wall map of rome, known as the marble plan, created in the early 2nd century ad, have also have been found.
It is seemingly a mediaeval copy of a roman original missing the western end, but we possess no other map from classical antiquity that even remotely matches its achievement. It was discovered by the viennese scholar conrad celtes, who in 1507 handed it over to peutinger. This document appears to be a planisphere describing the world as it was known in antiquity. We presented the online database created by professor richard talbert. Now the search functions are simply not useful and effective and they are hard to understand so i now often lose where my files are. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across premodern cultures. It covers europe without the iberian peninsula and the british isles. Highways, byways, and road systems in the premodern world reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations pathways. The peutinger map is the only map of the roman world to come down to us from antiquity. For more information about this map, please consult the brief users guide pdf. The socalled peutinger map is the only roman world map known to have survived antiquity.
Mapping the ends of the earth in two medieval floor mosaics. My starting point is the digital projection of the diagram created by professor richard j. Request pdf on jan 1, 20, nicholas purcell and others published rome s world. And now, its connected to the adobe document cloud. The socalled tabula peutingeriana or, as talbert prefers, the peutinger map is an incomplete map of the roman world named after one of its former owners, konrad peutinger. Map b provides segmented, blackandwhite photos of the peutinger map. The map, which includes an elaborate network of routes, consists of eleven single parchment segments, each of which measures 33 cm ca. Richard john alexander talbert born april 26, 1947 is a britishamerican contemporary ancient historian and classicist on the faculty of the university of north carolina at chapel hill, where he is william rand kenan, jr. The establishment is now of the most wretched character. Often in an attempt to make things simpler and more intuitive the developers make things harder and less intuitive. The peutinger map reconsidered cambridge was a web representation of the content of the database richard and i developed to support his research into the map. Among the digital accessories1 published alongside richard talberts 2010 book rome s world. Peutinger map viewer see illustration, with an accompanying users guide pdf.
Aspects concerning the geographical knowledge outside the frontiers. Peutinger map routes and other itineraries, displayed over. Roman geoethnographical rhetoric in late antiquity and the middle ages usque ad ultimum terrae. An elongated masterpiece, full of colorful detail and featuring land routes across europe, north africa, and the near east, it was rediscovered mysteriously around 1500 and then came into the ownership of konrad peutinger, for whom it is named. Tabula peutingeriana also referred to as peutingers tabula or peutinger table, is an illustrated itinerarium ancient roman road map showing the layout of the. Talbert find, read and cite all the research you need on. The only map of the roman world and empire to have survived from ancient times, it is a precious document which is a parchment scroll from the medieval period. The peutinger map reconsidered tabula peutingeriana tabula peutingeriana itineraria romana.
Volunteers to assist with the work would be welcome. Talbert is a leading scholar of ancient geography and the idea of space in the ancient mediterranean world. Adobe acrobat reader dc software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on pdf documents. Peutinger s map, as it is called with its extraordinary 22 x 1 ft shape survives as a priceless, yet isolated, curiosity, and treasured possession of austrias national library, vienna. His new book, rome s world, examines the socalled tabula peutingeriana, a medieval copy of a late roman world map, named for its original owner, konrad peutinger.
This collection of data is distributed online as part of. Richard talbert provides a longoverdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the map as a masterpiece of both mapmaking and imperial roman ideology enabling readers. The peutinger map reconsidered the peutinger map is the only map of the roman world to come down to us from antiquity. An elongated object full of colorful detail and featuring land routes across europe, north africa, and the near east, it was mysteriously rediscovered around 1500 and then came into the ownership of konrad. His numerous publications include the discovery of freedom 2004 and origins of democracy in ancient greece 2007, coauthored with josiah ober and robert wallace. Cssh sets up a working alliance among specialists in all branches of the social sciences and humanities as a way of bringing together multidisciplinary. Ancient roman peutingers map of the world in bbc story of. Tabula peutingeriana, or the peutinger table nonceltic texts. Preserved in a single, medieval copy now housed in the austrian national library in vienna, the map stretches from britain in the west to india in the east, covering a series of 11 parchment rectangles totaling over 6. Its the only pdf viewer that can open and interact with all types of pdf content, including. A long continuous and colourful,detailed scroll it was rediscovered about 1500 and became the property of. Beginning with the second segment, the mapmaker could have started with the representations of hispania, western britannia and northwest africa.
This database is connected with the book published in 2010 by r. Richard talbert has now produced the first fulllength study of the peutinger map in more than ninety years, and with it the first ever photographic presentation of the map in color. Maps cf provide peutinger map routes and itineraries that are displayed over barrington atlas map bases. Peutinger s name is mainly associated with the famous tabula peutingeriana, a medieval copy of a late antique world map of roman roads from the british isles to india and central asia. The following description is an incomplete workinprogress. Peutinger map seamless whole, in color, with overlaid layers. The peutinger map is an amazing artifact that resides in austrias national library in vienna. Talbert, assisted by nora harris, gannon hubbard, david obrien and graham shepherd, with a contribution by martin steinmann. A new edition of peutingers roman map ancient world.
In order to view these maps, you must download the files listed to the right, uncompress them in a single directory on your computer and install the free esri arcreader software application not available for macintosh. Tabula peutingeriana latin for the peutinger map, also referred to as peutinger s tabula or peutinger table, is an illustrated itinerarium ancient roman road map showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the roman empire the map is a thcentury parchment copy of a possible roman original. In older operating systems i releid heavely on searching. He is also the editor of social struggles in archaic rome blackwell, 2005, and war and peace in the.
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