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Matthew Paris’ Map of Britain, 1250-1259, St Albans (Royal MS 14 C VII, f. 5v) The first map appears in a manuscript containing copies of the Chronica maiora and Historia Anglorum written in Paris’ own hand ( Royal MS 14 C VII ).
Matthew Paris map of Britain, Cotton Claudius D.VI.f.12, c.1250. © The British Library Board. Return to Magna Carta, 1215 and beyond.
Apr 29, 2013 · In the middle decade of the thirteenth century, the Benedictine monk and historian Matthew Paris drew four regional maps of Britain. The monk’s works stand as the earliest extant maps of the island and mark a distinct shift from the cartographic traditions of medieval Europe.
In the 1250s a monk at St. Alban’s abbey named Matthew Paris drew several maps of Britain, which he appended to various copies of his history of England. The official chronicler at one of the most important monasteries in the land, Paris was a well-connected man.
Edward the Confessor (1003-66) was the last Anglo-Saxon king and, until the late fourteenth-century rise in the prestige of St. George, patron saint of England.
In the last chapter, Connolly discusses the British Library's manuscript Royal 14 C VII, which is usually assigned to Matthew Paris. It includes not only the itinerary and a map of the Holy Land, but also a map of Britain.
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May 30, 2021 · Illustration. Map of Great Britain by Matthew Paris (c. 1199-1259), made c. 1250. From the manuscript Epitome of Chronicles, BL Cotton MS Claudius D VI, fol. 12v. (British Library)
