/ en /node/2342 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2021-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT3.187.1%282%29%E2%80%94the%20monstrous%20races.jpg.webp?itok=6HaRP7Bi" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT3.187.1(2)—the monstrous races" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Changing World: Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia from 1544—BT3.187.1(2) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Shire</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2021): 16</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/352" hreflang="en">BT3.187.1(2)</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/353" hreflang="en">Sebastian Münster</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/273" hreflang="en">John Owen</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/354" hreflang="en">BT3.187.1(1)</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/355" hreflang="en">Albert Krantz</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84" hreflang="en">Benefaction Book</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Sebastian Münster’s <em>Cosmographia</em> (1544) may be an attempt to describe all knowledge, but this knowledge becomes less and less exact the further one travels from Münster’s German homelands. As the descriptions focus on the faraway lands of Asia and Africa, monstrous races appear.&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT3.187.1(2)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-12/16NCN5%20%282021%29%20Shire%20on%20Cosmographia.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1816093" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN5 (2021) Shire on Cosmographia.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.73 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:55:33 +0000 Christopher 2342 at