Isidore T-O Map (Earliest Printed)
Title
Isidore T-O Map (Earliest Printed)
Description
A T and O map or Isidore map: called T and O because the round earth (shaped like an O) is divided into continents by the Mediterranean (represented as a vertical line) and the rivers Nile and Tanais (represented as a horizontal line), so that these waters, together, form a T within the O. It is also-called an ‘Isidore’ map, because maps of this shape are often found in copies of Isidore’s Etymologies. Earliest printed example of a classical T and O map (by Günther Zainer, Augsburg, 1472), illustrating the first page of chapter XIV of Isidore of Seville, Etymologies.
Creator
Günther Zainer
Source
Isidore of Seville, Etymologies
Date
1472
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Image
Language
Latin
Coverage
Augsburg, Germany
Citation
Günther Zainer, “Isidore T-O Map (Earliest Printed),” Omeka Gym, accessed February 12, 2025, https://omekagym.omeka.net/items/show/727.